The Friends

Name: The Friends
Genre: Drama
Released: 1994-03-12
Duration: 1 h 53 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Naoki Sakata, Yasutaka Oh, Ken'ichi Makino, Akira Emoto

March 12, 1994
Directed by
Shinji Sōmai

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.