Japan Synopsis
ひぐらしのなく頃に
“Can you believe it?”
Early summer, Keiichi had just moved to a remote mountain village. As he becomes close friends with a group of girls, he was enjoying his life in the village. However when he starts to become suspicious that his friends may be deeply involved in successive murders that occur every summer, the situation around Keiichi gradually starts to turn into something more sinister.
The 2007–2009 Japan Window
362 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Shrill Cries of Summer sits at position #311.
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The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Shrill Cries of Summer premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,025 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (12th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.1 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,753 of 1,933 (top 91%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Phantom Film |
| Runtime | 1h 46m |
| Release Date | May 10, 2008 |
| IMDb | tt1116935 |