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The Friends

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The Friends

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

7.3

1h 53m

1994

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

Synopsis

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.

Director

Shinji Sōmai

Trailer

Drama

gardencoming of agedeathchildhood

Cast & Crew

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

as Kihachi Denpo

Naoki Sakata

as Jun Kiyama

Yasutaka Oh

as Kawabe

Ken'ichi Makino

as Takeshi Yamashita

Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

as Nagatomo

Tsurube Shofukutei

Tsurube Shofukutei

as Undertaker

Minori Terada

Minori Terada

as Taniguchi

Naho Toda

Naho Toda

as Shizuka Kondo

Shigeru Yazaki

Shigeru Yazaki

as Katsuhiro

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