From staged funerals to rented fatherhood, Brendan Fraser turns rented intimacy into something disarmingly real in Hikari’s ...

The Oscar-winner plays a struggling actor living in Tokyo, who begins working for a company that provides performers for personal role-play situations. By Frank Scheck Oscar winners, especially those ...

Director Hikari on set for 'Rental Family.' 2025. ph: James Lisle / © Searchlight Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection James Lisle/Searchlight Pictures/Everett ...

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Japanese director Hikari is one of cinema’s fastest rising stars. In 2019, she debuted her first full-length film, 37 Seconds, to critical acclaim at the Berlin International Film Festival. The ...

If you are an aspiring filmmaker be sure to watch my illuminating conversation on this week’s episode of my Deadline video series, Behind The Lens. My guest is the director and co-writer of the new ...

Director Hikari feels grateful, in more ways than one, for recent Oscar winner Brendan Fraser agreeing to star in "Rental Family," her sophomore feature. "He was very careful with what he was going to ...

A shoot in Tokyo is already being planned. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer In a competitive situation, Searchlight Pictures has nabbed rights to Rental Family, a comedy-drama that has Beef director ...

If you are an aspiring filmmaker be sure to watch my illuminating conversation on this week’s episode of my Deadline video series, Behind The Lens. My guest is the director and co-writer of the new ...