Basic Information
Title:Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
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AKA:ひぐらしのなく頃に / When They Cry
# Ep:24
Published:2006
Type:TV
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Genres: Drama / Game / Horror / Mystery / Mature
 

Description
* Based off a doujin (privately published) game by 07th expansion.

It is the 58th year of Showa and summer is early. It is only June, yet one is able to enjoy the serenade of cicadas at noon and the buzz of higurashi in the evening.

Our story takes place in Hinamizawa Village. It is a small village with a population of less than 2,000, a place cursed by Oyashiro-Sama

Hinamizawa Village Consecutive Unnatural Murders (1979 ~ 1983).

Every year, during the festival of Watanagashi, one person dies and another disappears. It is a cycle of death which started with a fight over the construction plans for a dam. That incident was covered up by the police and has now come back to haunt the village.

Is all this due to a plot or a coincidence... or a curse?

Is this tragedy inevitable? Is there nothing you can do but accept it?


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Production Information
DirectorKon Chiaki (今 千秋)
Original CreatorRyukishi07 (竜騎士07)

Casting Information
Mai NakaharaRena Ryugu
Mika KanaiSatoko Hojo
Satsuki YukinoMion Sonozaki,Shion Sonozaki
Souichiro HoshiKeiichi Maebara
Yukari TamuraRika Furude
ChafurinKuraudo Oishi
Fumiko OrikasaRumiko Chie
Miki ItouMiyo Takano
Toru OhkawaJiro Tomitake
Toshihiko SekiKyosuke Irie
Yu KobayashiSatoshi Hojo
Akane TomonagaGirl (ep 26),Nurse (ep 12),Receptionist (ep 3)
Akiyo KanadaToshiki Inukai
Atsushi KakehashiDelinquent 1 (ep 5,16,18)
Daisuke OnoMamoru Akasaka
Daisuke SasakiMatsuda's son (ep 20)
Eiji MiyashitaDelinquent 3 (ep 16,18),Store owner (ep 5),Subordinate (ep 17)
Eriko MatsushimaOld person A (ep 3)
Fujiko TakimotoSuguru Okamura
Fumihiko TachikiTatsuyoshi Kasai (ep 17,19)
Fuzuki KunMiddle-aged lady (ep 9),Old person B (ep 3)
Gen NakanoMan (ep 24),Referee (ep 9),Rena's father
Katsuhiro OotaNews caster (ep 14)
Katsuhisa HoukiTeppei Hojo
Keiichi SonobeHondaya (ep 14)
Kentarou ToneTeppei's friend (ep 10)
Kikuko InoueAkane Sonozaki (ep 25)
Kousei HirotaMion's father (ep 14)
KujiraExpert (ep 9),Tamae Nanjou (ep 17)
Manabi MizunoChild (ep 26)
Masaaki TsukadaKiichiro Kimiyoshi,Passerby (ep 16)
Megumi MatsumotoDaiki Tomita
Miki SugaCommentator (ep 8),Rena's mother
Misa WatanabeRina Mamiya (ep 22,23)
Naoko MatsuiAiko Maebara
Naoya UchidaSato (ep 14)
Nobuyuki KobushiCoach (ep 11),Wireless voice (ep 26),Yoshiro Sonozaki (ep 22)
Riichi NishimotoMan A (ep 25),Man B (ep 15)
Risa MizunoYukie Akasaka
Satoshi TsuruokaInvestigator (ep 8),Komiyama (ep 26),Master (ep 22),Policeman (ep 4)
Shinnosuke TachibanaMan B (ep 25),Villager (ep 4)
Shizuka OkohiraO-Ryou (ep 14)
Shouto KashiiMakino (ep 14)
Suzune OkabeMan A (ep 15),Store manager (ep 17)
Takashi OoharaDelinquent 2 (ep 5,16,18)
Takuo KawamuraKatsuya Kumagai
Yasunori MatsumotoIchiro Maebara

Music Information
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (OP)Eiko Shimamiya
why, or why not (ED)Hiroyuki Oshima feat. Rekka Katakiri




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