Actor Brendan Fraser, now 56 years old, has made a wide variety of movies since his career kicked off nearly 35 years ago. From young hunk roles in films like “Encino Man” to box office action star ...

TOKYO (AP) — Ryuichi Ichinokawa’s life could be right out of the movie “Rental Family” as the founder nearly two decades ago of the Heart Project business in Japan, which he bills as a surrogate ...

LOS ANGELES, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Actor Brendan Fraser had never heard of a Japanese “rental family" service before working on the comedy-drama film “Rental Family.” "I had no idea that such a place was ...

The recent film Rental Family, starring Brendan Fraser and directed by Hikari, has put a spotlight on a social phenomenon in contemporary Japanese culture: hiring actors to play family members, ...