#rentalfamily #director HIKARI Talks Her Career of Award Winning Features & Shorts #brendanfraser

PART 1 OF 2 - Writer, director, and producer HIKARI (also known as Mitsuyo Miyazaki, no relation to the other famous Miyazaki)) has received widespread critical acclaim and numerous awards throughout her career, spanning her short films, the TV series Beef, and the feature film Rental Family! Co-written by Stephen Blahut and released on Disney & released on Hulu. Rental Family starring cast Brendan Fraser, Mari Yamamoto, Takehiro Hira, Akira Emoto, Shannon Gorman and Kimura Bun!

Hikari most recently won the Critics Choice AAPI Best Director Award 2025! It wasn't a smooth rise to stardom for her. Hikari moved to Utah when she arrived to USA.  She started as an Actor & went to USC. Worked as headshot photographer, tour guide in Las Vegas and was a ski instructor before she became a working Cinematographer. Then with the help of her mother, she was able to direct and finance her first short film, the award winning and acclaimed TSUYAKO (50 awards to be exact!).

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