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Rental Family

2026Dir. 히카리
7
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1
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2026
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Phillip, an American actor seven years into life in Tokyo, keeps missing at auditions and cannot find a place of his own. He takes work at an agency that rents out stand-in relatives, playing somebody's father, husband or friend for a day at a time. What began as a way to make rent carries him into his clients' households, and the line between the performance and the feeling behind it gives way. Hikari directs, Brendan Fraser stars, and the entire film was shot in Japan, in Tokyo, Nagasaki and Kumamoto, between March and May 2024. It opened in North America on November 21, 2025 and in Japan on February 27, 2026, and moved to Disney+ on July 8, 2026.

The seven stops split into three separate outings and will not compress into one day. Sometaro in Asakusa, Kagurazaka and the teamLab space at Azabudai Hills all sit in central Tokyo and link up on the subway. The other three Tokyo locations face the opposite way: Musashi-nitta on the Tokyu Tamagawa Line, Karakida at the end of the Odakyu Tama Line, and Sakaibashi bridge over the Misawa River in neighboring Inagi. Forcing them into a downtown day leaves nothing but travel. Karakida and Sakaibashi lie in adjoining cities, so pair those two as a half day, and note that the riverbank only matches the trailer during the cherry blossom days in late March and early April. Omisaki Station belongs to a Kyushu trip. It is an unstaffed stop on the Shimabara Railway in Nagasaki Prefecture with no visitor parking, and the city of Shimabara asks travelers to leave the car at Shimabara Station and ride in on a round-trip ticket.

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Filming Locations

01

お好み焼き 染太郎 東京都台東区西浅草

An old okonomiyaki house in Asakusa, listed on the official location map the distributor released on February 19, 2026. The press material introduces it as a place the novelist Ango Sakaguchi favored, and says nothing about which scene was shot inside. It stands in Nishiasakusa, just west of Sensoji, close enough to fold into a walk around Asakusa. Its hours and closing days could not be confirmed, so check before setting out rather than arriving at a shut door.

02

神楽坂 東京都新宿区神楽坂

The cinematographer Takuro Ishizaka has said the production staged a large-scale recreation of the Bakeneko Festival, a real Kagurazaka event, along these streets. Tokyo Location Box supported the shoot, and Kagurazaka appears on the distributor's location map. The slope climbing from Iidabashi Station and the stone-paved alleys branching off it are what the neighborhood is known for. It is an open street with no hours and no admission, but what reached the screen was the street on a festival day, so an ordinary visit means seeing the place rather than the scene.

03

teamLab Borderless 麻布台ヒルズ 東京都港区麻布台

The distributor's press material notes that this venue opened just before filming began. It is the teamLab space inside Azabudai Hills, an indoor exhibition where visitors walk through projections thrown across the walls and floor. Alone among the Tokyo locations it depends on neither daylight nor weather, so it can be pushed to a rainy afternoon or an evening slot without cost. Admission is ticketed, and it sits between Kamiyacho on the Hibiya Line and Roppongi-itchome on the Namboku Line.

04

中華麺舗 虎 東京都大田区 武蔵新田

A Chinese noodle shop near Musashi-nitta Station, introduced in the distributor's press material as a place the neighborhood holds dear. It sits in a quiet shopping street in southern Ota ward, on the Tokyu Tamagawa Line. No line runs there straight from central Tokyo, so it takes a change at Shibuya or Kamata, and bundling it with Asakusa or Kagurazaka on the same day buys mostly train time. The distributor has not said which scene was filmed here, and the opening hours could not be confirmed.

05

唐木田駅 東京都多摩市唐木田

The ticket gates, the concourse and the Odakyu 8000 series train that open the trailer were shot at this station. After the official location map appeared in February 2026, two local outlets in the Tama area identified it and reported the find. It is the terminus of the Odakyu Tama Line, one change from Shinjuku. Being the end of the line, trains sit at the platform long enough to photograph without hurry. Past the gates it is all housing and nothing to see, so pair it with the Misawa River in Inagi and call it a half day.

06

三沢川 堺橋 東京都稲城市

The trailer's later shot of Phillip and Mia standing together on a bridge was taken here. The Misawa River through Inagi is a local cherry blossom walk, roughly 1.7 kilometers lined with some 320 trees, and Sakaibashi is one of the bridges crossing it. The riverside path is open at any hour, but the frame only assembles during the blossom days in late March and early April. Outside that window there is water and a bridge. Inagi adjoins the city that holds Karakida Station, which makes the two easy to visit together.

07

大三東駅 長崎県島原市有明町大三東

The city of Shimabara states on its official page that this station and the interior of a Shimabara Railway train appear in the film. Filming in Nagasaki Prefecture took place in April 2024 across three cities: Shimabara, Minamishimabara and Isahaya. Omisaki is an unstaffed stop on the Shimabara Railway, and the Ariake Sea begins where the platform ends, which is why it is called the station closest to the sea. There is no visitor parking, so the city asks travelers to leave the car at Shimabara Station and come in by train on the Omisa round-trip ticket. Nothing opens or closes at an unstaffed station, but trains are infrequent, so pick the return service off the timetable before stepping down.

Cast

  • 브랜든 프레이저

    필립 밴더플루그

  • 히라 타케히로

    다다 신지

  • 야마모토 마리

    나카지마 아이코

  • 섀넌 마히나 고먼

    가와사키 미아

  • 에모토 아키라

    하세가와 기쿠오