The Searchlight Pictures comedy drama RENTAL FAMILY is set to make its SVOD debut later this month, arriving on Hulu on February 18th, 2026. The film world premiered at the 2025 Toronto Film Festival before launching in US theaters on November 21st, 2025. It hit PVOD on January 13th, 2026.
Rental Family is directed by Hikari, who co-wrote the script with Stephen Blahut. It stars Brendan Fraser, Mari Yamamoto, Takehiro Hira and Akira Emoto.
Set in modern-day Tokyo, Rental Family stars Academy Award–winner Brendan Fraser as a has-been American actor searching for purpose and belonging in a society where he feels increasingly adrift. An unexpected acting call leads him to a “rental family” agency, where he is hired to play stand-in roles for strangers seeking connection. As performance begins to blur with reality, the immersive role-playing awakens his humanity and compassion, drawing him deeply into his clients’ lives and pushing him off-script whenever his empathetic heart takes over.
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