Nakanoshima Film Festival Grand Prix winner “Rental Family” to be screened for one week only Image
URL: KOHSAKA Pro Co., Ltd. Press Release: October 22, 2025 Nakanoshima Film Festival Grand Prix winner “Rental Family” to be screened for one week only Rental Family, the
directorial debut of Ryunosuke Uesaka, which won the Grand Prix at the 23rd Nakanoshima Film Festival, will be screened for one week only at Shinjuku K’s cinema from Saturday, December 6th. This film explores the loneliness of modern people and questions the very nature of family, with the theme that “true bonds can sometimes be born from the performance of ‘connections.'”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0-1qEjdPrE [Synopsis] Yoko, who works at a company in Tokyo, leads busy days at work, but she also regularly returns to her parents’ home to care for her mother, Chieko, who suffers from dementia, together with her father, Tadakatsu. Her mother’s condition has been progressing rapidly recently, and she seems to have forgotten that Yoko divorced her several years ago, and every time she visits, she is constantly asked about her ex-husband and daughter. One day, Yoko is introduced to a service called “Rental Family” by a client and strongly encouraged to try it out. Although she is confused by the unfamiliar service, she cannot refuse and invites her rental husband, Go Matsushita, to her home. She hits it off with him and consults him about Chieko. Matsushita then suggests that they play a family, with Go as the husband and child actress Akari Yasuda as the daughter. As Yoko spends time with the “families” around her, she comes into contact with a new form of happiness. This is director Ryunosuke Uesaka’s directorial debut. Through a seemingly unconventional service known as “rental family,” the film carefully depicts the characters as they struggle between “acting” and “actual feelings,” but eventually come to connect with each other. Starring Yuri Ogino, the film also features talented actors such as Yui Komatsuka, Shinji Matsubayashi, and Sotaro Tanaka. Additionally, actors who are gaining attention on social media, such as Hirofumi Suzuki (Gokko Club) and Kenya Yasuda, also appear in the film. ●Starring: Ogino Yuri/Numata Yoko
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/171592/1/171592-1-30f5e8c4292eb021a7889d65e4bec6ad-3900×2600.jpg ・Profile Born in Toyama Prefecture. Since 2005, he has been a member of the Seinendan theatre company, and has been active in a wide range of fields, including films, TV dramas, commercials and stage productions. His major film appearances include the films “ROPE” (directed by Yagi Reon), “East of Jefferson” (directed by Fukada Koji), “Call Boy” (directed by Miura Daisuke), “AI Collapse” (directed by Irie Yu), “XXX: The End of Time” (directed by Yazaki Hitoshi), and “Recipe for 49 Days” (directed by Tanada Yuki), as well as the TV dramas “DOCTOR PRICE” (Yomiuri TV), “Oichi Mysterious Stories” (NHK-BS), “Hospital Police” (Fuji TV), “Runaway Flower” (BS TV Tokyo), and “Maison de Police” (TBS). ●Director: Ryunosuke Uesaka Image
URL: https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/171592/1/171592-1-19edef812899c83352d2db982a95645f-3900×2870.jpg ・Profile While a student, he worked part-time producing music programs, and after graduation joined a television program production company. After working on the production side of martial arts programs and living abroad, he returned to Japan and founded his own production company. He produces and casts a variety of videos, including TV commercials and programs. His first independent film, “Rental Family,” won the Grand Prix at the 23rd Nakanoshima Film Festival and was nominated for the Hamburg Japanese Film Festival (Germany). It has been announced that it will be screened at Shinjuku K’s cinema. ・Comment The theme of this work is “denying past relationships and affirming future relationships.” Even though we are precious people with whom we can connect, the ethical standards and common sense created by the majority until now get in the way, and I think that in today’s world there are many cases where people who should be friends are no longer friends, people who should be lovers are no longer lovers, and people who should be family are no longer family. I feel that the way we meet, differences in age, and other small differences get in the way of the relationships that we should truly cherish. I think that the nature of relationships has been changing recently, but there are still times when the connections between people that we should truly cherish are denied, and I wanted to affirm that, so I made this film.
“Rental Family” Starring: Yuri Ogino, Yugi Komatsuka, Toru Kuroiwa, Teru Ryu, Rina Nakamoto, Shinji Matsubayashi, Reina Tazaki, Sotaro Tanaka, Hirofumi Suzuki, Kenya Yasuda, and more Director: Ryunosuke Uesaka Screenplay: Ryosuke Doi / Ryunosuke Uesaka Theme Song: “Homes” by Fuminori Ryoko 2025 / 89 minutes / Japan / 16:9 / Color / 5.1ch / DCP Production/Distribution: KOHSAKA Pro (C)KOHSAKA Pro Official Website: https://rental-kazoku.com Official SNS:
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https://www.instagram.com/rentalkazoku_movie/?hl=ja Opening Friday, December 6th at Shinjuku K’s cinema in Tokyo
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