The Friends

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.

Directed by Shinji Sōmai

Top cast

Rentaro Mikuni

Kihachi Denpo

N

Naoki Sakata

Jun Kiyama

Y

Yasutaka Oh

Kawabe

K

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

R

Ritsuko Nemoto

Tomomi Kiyama

Y

Yôhei Hamanishi

S

Satoru Fujii

M

Mariko Momotani

S

Sayuki Uezono

A

Aya Mihara

M

Masabumi Usui

S

Shigeyoshi Kohira

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