"The industry, born in Japan in the early `990s, now accounts for about 300 businesses in the country. Ideas ping-ponged about and the screenplay underwent various changes, all as a tumultuous period of isolation and upheaval spread out across the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown. Not so ironically, a primary theme in Rental Family is our need to get out there, find authentic connections and form tight-knit communities beyond bloodlines."
"Hikari sought to give accurate representation of the rental family business and its clients and is well aware of how influential movies can be. That's partly the reason she didn't want Rental Family to become a major downer. As with 37 Seconds, her 2019 debut feature about a 23-year-old manga artist with cerebral palsy who explores her sexual desires., Hikari wants her movies to inspire people."
The early screenplay emphasized serious dramatic elements of Japan’s rent-a-family practice but shifted after research broadened perspectives from customers and providers. The rent-a-family industry emerged in the early 1990s and now includes about 300 businesses in Japan. The screenplay evolved amid global isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, foregrounding themes of longing for authentic connections and communities beyond bloodlines. The film aims for accurate representation of the rental family business and its clients while avoiding excessive bleakness. The director intends the film to inspire viewers and contribute to community, continuing themes from an earlier debut feature. The film opens Nov. 21.
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