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.
The 2006–2008 Japan Window
372 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Dear Friends sits at position #239.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Dear Friends. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Dear Friends premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.
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 |