The Friends
1994A 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.
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Rentaro Mikuni
as Kihachi Denpo
Naoki Sakata
as Jun Kiyama
Yasutaka Oh
as Kawabe
Ken'ichi Makino
as Takeshi Yamashita
Akira Emoto
as Nagatomo
Tsurube Shofukutei
as Undertaker
Minori Terada
as Taniguchi
Naho Toda
as Shizuka Kondo
Shigeru Yazaki
as Katsuhiro
Chikage Awashima
as Yayoi Koko
Ritsuko Nemoto
as Tomomi Kiyama
Yôhei Hamanishi
Satoru Fujii
Mariko Momotani
Sayuki Uezono
Aya Mihara
Masabumi Usui
Shigeyoshi Kohira