The Friends

A delightful and moving coming-of-age story. One summer, three young boys take an increasing interest in an eccentric old man who lives alone in a house surrounded by an overgrown garden. The boys form a bond with the recluse and set about weeding and replanting the garden.

• Izumi SakaiOriginal Music Composer
• Shinji SōmaiDirector
• Yōzō TanakaScreenplay

• Rentaro MikuniKihachi Denpo
• Naoki SakataJun Kiyama
• Yasutaka OhKawabe
• Ken'ichi MakinoTakeshi Yamashita
• Akira EmotoNagatomo
• Tsurube ShofukuteiUndertaker
• Minori TeradaTaniguchi
• Naho TodaShizuka Kondo
• Shigeru YazakiKatsuhiro
• Chikage AwashimaYayoi Koko
• Ritsuko NemotoTomomi Kiyama
• Yôhei HamanishiCast