Rental Family is the story of a sturdy American who lands in Japan pursuing an acting gig — small commercials, the kind that pay the rent and bruise the ego in equal measure. Seven years pass. He picks up small parts here and there, but nothing of real consequence comes his way. Then, one unremarkable morning, he finds himself cast as a grieving American at a mock funeral, the kind of role you take without fully understanding what you've walked into — until you are already i