The Friends
1994·Japan·113 min.
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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.
DirectorShinji Sômai
MusicSergio Assad
CinematographyNoboru Shinoda
CastRentarô Mikuni·Naoki Sakata·Yasutaka Oh·Ken'ichi Makino·Naho Toda·Ritsuko Nemoto·Shôfukutei Tsurube·Yôhei Hamanishi·Satoru Fujii·Mariko Momotani·Sayuki Uezono·Aya Mihara·Masabumi Usui·Shigeyoshi Kohira·Minori Terada·Akira Emoto·Shigeru Yazaki·Chikage AwashimaShow all
Original titleNatsu no niwa: The Friends