The Friends (1994)
Original title: 夏の庭 The Friends
The Friends is a 1994 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Shinji Sōmai, with a running time of 1h 53m. It stars Rentaro Mikuni, Naoki Sakata and Yasutaka Oh.
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 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
- Yôhei Hamanishi