The Friends

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

The Friends — Plot

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.

• Release date
• March 12, 1994
• Runtime
• 113 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Shinji Sōmai

The Friends — 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