EXCLUSIVE: This year’s Hawai’i International Film Festival (HIFF) will open with Rental Family , starring Brendan Fraser, and has set Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice as its Centerpiece Film.

Fraser stars as a down-and-out American actor adrift in Tokyo in Rental Family , which was filmed in Japan. The film is directed by Japan-born, US-based filmmaker and former actress Hikari, who has also directed episodes of Tokyo Vice and Netflix series Beef . No Other Choice , fresh from critical acclaim at the Venice and Toronto film festivals, has also just screened as the opening film of Busan International Film Festival.

Park is also being honoured with the Vision In Film Award at HIFF, which will also present a Career Achievement Award to New Zealand actress Melanie Lynksey (

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