The Friends
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.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Naoki Sakata, Yasutaka Oh, Ken'ichi Makino, Akira Emoto, Tsurube Shofukutei, Minori Terada, Naho Toda, Shigeru Yazaki, Chikage Awashima, Ritsuko Nemoto, Yôhei Hamanishi, Satoru Fujii
Crew: Katsuhiro Ogawa (Unit Production Manager), Shinji Sōmai (Director), Izumi Sakai (Original Music Composer), Kyōko Heya (Art Direction), Etsuhiro Katô (Producer)