Natsu no niwa: The Friends

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Shinji Sômai

Writing Credits

Kazumi Yumoto
(based on the novel by)
Yôzô Tanaka
(screenplay)

Cast

Rentarô Mikuni
Kihachi Denpô
Naoki Sakata
Atsushi Kiyama
Yasutaka Oh
Kawabe
Ken'ichi Makino
Yûji Yamashita
Naho Toda
Shizuka Kondô
Ritsuko Nemoto
Tomomi Kiyama
Tsurube Shôfukutei
An undertaker
Minori Terada
Kôchi Taniguchi
Akira Emoto
Nagatomo
Shigeru Yazaki
Katsuhiro
Chikage Awashima
Yayoi Kokô

Produced by

Tomoko Aritome
assistant producer
Hiroyuki Fujikado
producer
Hirotsugu Horii
committee producer
Kei Ijichi
executive producer
Yoshihiro Kato
producer
Keiji Kitô
associate planner
Hironori Kôno
associate planner
Isao Maruyama
committee producer
Akiko Matsumoto
assistant producer
Shûji Matsuo
associate planner
Junji Miyauchi
committee producer
Shinichi Okano
associate planner
Yukio Wada
associate planner
Takaaki Yamazaki
associate planner
Masahiro Yasuda
executive producer
Shuntarô Yoshino
planner
Tatsuya Ôki
planner

Music by

Sergio Assad

Cinematography by

Noboru Shinoda

Editing by

Yoshiyuki Okuhara

Casting By

Toshinobu Abe

Art Direction by

Kyôko Heya

Set Decoration by

Yoshihito Akatsuka
Noboru Ishida
Junko Nakajima

Costume Design by

Kumiko Ogawa

Makeup Department

Hidemi Kubo
hair stylist
Toshiko Mizuochi
stylist

Production Management

Junji Akai
publicity producer
Takashi Hamaoka
production supervisor
Tatsuya Nakamura
production supervisor
Katsuhiro Ogawa
unit production manager
Naohisa Oki
production supervisor
Hijiri Taguchi
executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Yûichi Abe
assistant director
Norimasa Miyagi
first assistant director
Keitarô Shimizu
assistant director
Tatsuya Yoshimura
assistant director

Art Department

Masato Inamura
assistant art director
Nahoko Seki
assistant art director
Yukiharu Tada
assistant art director
Yuji Tsuzuki
assistant art director

Sound Department

Hisashi Kamiie
sound recordist
Yôichi Kinami
sound recordist
Masato Komatsu
sound staff
Hiromichi Kôri
sound recordist (as Hiromichi Koori)
Hiroshi Nakamura
re-recording mixer
Hidetoshi Nonaka
sound
Masatoshi Saitô
sound effects editor
Tomeyuki Shimono
sound staff
Atsushi Sugiyama
sound staff

Special Effects by

Hideo Saitô
physical effects

Visual Effects by

Mitsuharu Haibara
opticals
Masaharu Sekiguchi
opticals

Camera and Electrical Department

Jun Fukumoto
camera operator
Taiki Hayashi
lighting technician
Hiroyuki Ishiwata
grip
Shigeru Kimotsuke
camera operator
Hideo Kumagai
gaffer
Yasuhiko Matsuoka
lighting technician
Kazuhiko Nakahara
still photographer
Keiko Suda
camera operator
Shizu Suzuki
lighting technician
Yoshio Tazawa
camera operator
Naoya Uchihara
lighting technician
Nariyuki Ueda
gaffer
Seiji Watarai
grip
Takaharu Yamauchi
lighting technician
Toshikatsu Yanagawa
grip

Editorial Department

Shôichi Arai
color timer
Hideo Nagata
assistant editor
Hiroshi Okuda
negative cutter
Hideo Yamaoka
color timer

Music Department

Tatsuya Mukai
music producer

Script and Continuity Department

Mitsuko Kawabe
continuity

Additional Crew

Tomoshige Asada
soccer supervisor
Kyôji Ashida
dialect supervisor
Tadao Hanashi
soccer supervisor
Minoru Higa
vehicles
Takashiro Imazu
vehicles
Sakae Kaminaka
vehicles
Kaoru Kawarabata
publicist
Junko Kiyose
dialect supervisor
Takako Maeda
Kôbe staff
Mitsugu Nishino
vehicles
Kenji Ogawa
Kôbe staff
Fusae Sekine
publicist
Masahiro Terada
Kôbe staff
Tomomi Tsuchimochi
Kôbe staff
Naoko Uematsu
publicist
Kan Yoshikawa
Kôbe staff
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