First Image of Brendan Fraser in ‘Rental Family’ - A down-and-out actor living in Tokyo is hired as a token American guy for a Japanese rental-family company, leading him on an unexpected journey of self-discovery through the roles he plays in other people’s lives.
I’m pretty sure an upside down pineapple symbol has a meaning similar to that.
Back in the day, hanging a pineapple out front was something like, “Hey, I just got back from a voyage abroad, come hangout and see what I brought back with me and listen to my tales.”
Then slowly turned into just a party. But pineapples were super rare, so people would rent one.