Natsu no niwa: The Friends: Directed by Shinji Sômai. With Rentarô Mikuni, Naoki Sakata, Yasutaka Oh, Ken’ichi Makino. 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.
