The Friends

The Friends

1994
1h 53m
7.2

7.2/10

20 votes • View on IMDb
Drama

"Things that pass, and things that can't be lost… One summer adventure story of three boys."

Overview

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.

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Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

garden coming of age death childhood

Quick Facts

Original Title 夏の庭 The Friends
Release Date March 12, 1994
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0110630

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni
Rentaro Mikuni

Kihachi Denpo

Naoki Sakata
Naoki Sakata

Jun Kiyama

Yasutaka Oh
Yasutaka Oh

Kawabe

Ken'ichi Makino
Ken'ichi Makino

Takeshi Yamashita

Akira Emoto
Akira Emoto

Nagatomo

Tsurube Shofukutei
Tsurube Shofukutei

Undertaker

Minori Terada
Minori Terada

Taniguchi

Naho Toda
Naho Toda

Shizuka Kondo

Shigeru Yazaki
Shigeru Yazaki

Katsuhiro

Chikage Awashima
Chikage Awashima

Yayoi Koko

Ritsuko Nemoto
Ritsuko Nemoto

Tomomi Kiyama

Yôhei Hamanishi
Yôhei Hamanishi

Key Crew

Shinji Sōmai
Director
Etsuhiro Katô
Producer
Masahiro Yasuda
Executive Producer
Hiroyuki Fujikado
Producer
Yōzō Tanaka
Screenplay
Kei Ijichi
Executive Producer