Hikari made her name as a director in 2019 with her first feature, 37 Seconds, which premiered at Berlin. Then she went on to direct episodes of Tokyo Vice and Beef. Now, with her latest film, Rental Family, set in Tokyo, she draws on her heritage and explores themes of exclusion and isolation. In the [...]
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Writer-Director Hikari Focuses On Isolation And Self-Realization In Her Brendan Fraser-Starrer 'Rental Family': "Increasingly, People Are Becoming Lonely"
December 9, 2025
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