The Friends

1h 53m
Drama
7.3

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.

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni
Kihachi Denpo
Naoki Sakata
Jun Kiyama
Yasutaka Oh
Kawabe
Ken'ichi Makino
Takeshi Yamashita
Akira Emoto
Nagatomo
Tsurube Shofukutei
Undertaker
Minori Terada
Taniguchi
Naho Toda
Shizuka Kondo
Shigeru Yazaki
Katsuhiro
Chikage Awashima
Yayoi Koko
Ritsuko Nemoto
Tomomi Kiyama
Yôhei Hamanishi
Unknown
Satoru Fujii
Unknown
Mariko Momotani
Unknown
Sayuki Uezono
Unknown
Aya Mihara
Unknown
Masabumi Usui
Unknown
Shigeyoshi Kohira
Unknown

Crew

Shinji Sōmai
Director
Yōzō Tanaka
Screenplay
Kazumi Yumoto
Novel
Yoshiyuki Okuhara
Editor
Noboru Shinoda
Director of Photography
Kei Ijichi
Executive Producer
Masahiro Yasuda
Executive Producer
Hiroyuki Fujikado
Producer
Etsuhiro Katô
Producer
Jun Fukumoto
Camera Operator
Kumiko Ogawa
Costume Supervisor
Hidetoshi Nonaka
Sound
Izumi Sakai
Original Music Composer
Sergio Assad
Music
Hideo Kumagai
Gaffer
Nariyuki Ueda
Gaffer
Katsuhiro Ogawa
Unit Production Manager
Kyōko Heya
Art Direction

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