Japan Synopsis
Dear Friends ディア フレンズ
“Are friends necessary?”
High school student Rina has a bad attitude and thinks that friends are something that you use when you need them. She doesn't have any real relationships and is not even on good terms with her parents. Rina is the clubbing queen and could get any guy she wants with her stunning looks. One day, Rina suddenly collapses and her world falls apart. She finds out that she has cancer. The only one who starts to support her is her classmate Maki. Maki tells that they were friends in primary school even though Rina doesn't remember. Maki wants to get close to Rina and help her like Rina had helped Maki when she had hard times.
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Films and series that share thematic tags with Dear Friends. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2006–2008 Japan Window
Dear Friends holds position #239 of 372 Japan films in the 2006–2008 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Dear Friends premiered alongside 112 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 112 other Japan films in 2007.
The 1916th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
16 audience reviews — more than 28% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 7th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Dear Friends, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- illness · 5
- hospitalization · 1
- hospital · 23
- cancer · 12
- friendship · 134
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,016 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (34th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,333 of 1,933 (top 69%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Toei Company |
| Runtime | 1h 55m |
| Release Date | February 3, 2007 |
| IMDb | tt1039780 |
| Official Site | www.dear-friends.jp |