Rental Family Locations

Comedy drama Hikari Brendan Fraser Stephen Blahut Takehiro Hira Tokyo

Rental Family is a coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Japanese filmmaker Hikari and written by Hikari and Stephen Blahut. Starring Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Shannon Mahina Gorman, Mari Yamamoto, Akira Emoto, and Paolo Andrea Di Pietro, the film follows Phillip Vanderploeg, an American actor living in Japan who takes an unusual job at a rental family agency, stepping into the lives of strangers while searching for purpose and human connection.

The film premiered on September 6, 2025, at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released in the United States on November 21, 2025. It received generally positive reviews, along with several awards and nominations. Filming took place between March and May 2024.

Rental Family was mainly filmed in Tokyo, Japan. Filming locations included Tokyo Hat Club in Taitō City, Eightdays Cafe in Toshima City, and Zenkoku-ji Temple in Shinjuku City.

Tokyo. Photo by Ryo Yoshitake on Unsplash.

Where was Rental Family Filmed?

Rental Family was filmed in eight days cafe, Karakida Station, teamLab Borderless, Tokyo Hat Club, Tora Chinese noodle shop and Zenkoku-ji Temple.

The complete list of the locations with latitude and longitude coordinates are listed below in the table.

Rental Family Locations Map

Rental Family Locations Table

Location Name	Latitude	Longitude
eight days cafe	35.732868	139.729111
Karakida Station	35.615822	139.410858
teamLab Borderless	35.661667	139.740921
Tokyo Hat Club	35.700531	139.781937
Tora Chinese noodle shop	35.567478	139.692200
Zenkoku-ji Temple	35.701530	139.739426