In "Rental Family," Brendan Fraser plays Phillip Vandarpleog, an American expat in Japan who is "searching for purpose and belonging." ...

Rental Family is a film in the comedy-drama genre. It's directed by Hikari, who has also written the screenplay with Stephen Blahut.

…and hired to be a friend to a dying old man. This stuff really happens in Japan!

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Three years after his Oscar-winning performance in "The Whale," Brendan Fraser is back, doling out the warm-and-fuzzies as the lovably awkward Phillip Vandarpleog in Japanese director Hikari’s dramedy ...