“Rental Family” Digital/DVD/Blu-Ray Release Details Announced
Disney has announced details on the home video release of the Searchlight Pictures film, “Rental Family”, which will be coming soon to digital platforms and physical formats such as DVD and Blu-Ray.
Set in modern-day Tokyo, HIKARI’s “Rental Family” stars Academy Award–winning 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.
Searchlight’s “Rental Family” channels the emotional depth of award-winning director, producer, and co-writer HIKARI (Beef, Tokyo Vice, 37 Seconds), who believes cinema “allows us to view others with empathy, creates space for conversation, and see parts of ourselves we did not know existed.”
Produced by Eddie Vaisman, Julia Lebedev, HIKARI, and Shin Yamaguchi. “Rental Family” also stars Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Gorman, and Akira Emoto.
Digital & Blu-ray Bonus Materials include:
- Featurette: Rental Family Revealed — Go behind the scenes with Brendan Fraser, director HIKARI, and the Japanese cast as they explore friendship, culture, found family, and filming in Japan in this intimate look at the making of Rental Family.
- Deleted/Extended Scenes:
- Columbus
- Crying Session
- Apology
- Aiko’s First Client
- Clearbright
- Tickets
- Audition
- Phone Call
- Final Montage
*Bonus features may vary by product and retailer.
The film arrives on digital platforms, including Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home, on January 13th 2026, followed by a Blu-ray release on February 17th 2026, in the United States. The international release will be likely later, since in some countries, the film hasn’t been released in cinemas yet. Expect the movie to arrive on Hulu and Hulu On Disney+ around the same time as when the movie hits physical media.
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