# Shrill Cries of Summer (2008)

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**Original title**: *ひぐらしのなく頃に*
**Runtime**: 106 min
**Genres**: Drama, Horror, Comedy
**Directed by**: Ataru Oikawa
**Written by**: Ataru Oikawa
**Starring**: Goki Maeda, Rin Asuka, Airi Matsuyama, Aika, Erena Ono, Tetta Sugimoto

> *Can you believe it?*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Morning mist clings to pine needles outside Keiichi’s farmhouse windows. Three schoolgirls leave cicada shells on his doorstep like offerings. They laugh when he picks one up. By July, cicadas scream louder in his dreams than outside.

**Mood tags**: dread, surreal

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