- Country: Japan
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Release: 1994-04-09
- Director: Shinji Sômai
- Writers: Kazumi Yumoto , Yozo Tanaka
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Rentaro Mikuni , Naoki Sakata , Yasutaka Oh , Ken’ichi Makino
- Runtime: 113 min
- Awards: 3 wins
- AKA: 夏之庭 (Taiwan) , The Friends , Natsu no niwa: The Friends , 夏の庭 The Friends (Japan)
- 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.
- IMDB:tt0110630
The Friends Cast · · · ALL
Shinji Sômai
Director
Rentaro Mikuni
Kihachi Denpo
Naoki Sakata
Jun Kiyama
Akira Emoto
Nagatomo
Tsurube Shôfukutei
Undertaker
Minori Terada
Taniguchi
Naho Toda
Shizuka Kondo
Shigeru Yazaki
Katsuhiro
Chikage Awashima
Yayoi Koko