The Friends

The Friends

113 mins | Drama | April 9, 1994

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.

The Friends

113 mins | Drama | April 9, 1994

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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (YTV)
Original title 夏の庭 The Friends
Directors Shinji Sômai
Writers Yōzō Tanaka, Kazumi Yumoto

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni

as Kihachi Denpo

Naoki Sakata

as Jun Kiyama

Yasutaka Oh

as Kawabe

Ken'ichi Makino

as Takeshi Yamashita

Akira Emoto

as Nagatomo

Tsurube Shofukutei

as Undertaker

Minori Terada

as Taniguchi

Naho Toda

as Shizuka Kondo

Shigeru Yazaki

as Katsuhiro

Chikage Awashima

as Yayoi Koko

Ritsuko Nemoto

as Tomomi Kiyama