Overview
- TODAY.com published an exclusive scene in which the agency’s owner says the company “sell[s] emotion” and calls Fraser’s character a “token white guy.”
- Brendan Fraser plays Phillip, an American actor in Tokyo who signs on with a rent‑a‑family agency that supplies surrogate relatives and companions.
- The film is directed and co-written by Hikari and is loosely based on real services operating in Japan.
- The release is scheduled for November 21, 2025.
- The A.V. Club’s early review praises Fraser’s warm performance but criticizes the film as overly sentimental and light on psychological nuance.