<infobox> <title source="ename"> <format><br /></format> </title> <image source="image" /> <header>Information</header> <data source="director"> <label>Director</label> </data> <data source="screenplay"> <label>Screenplay</label> </data> <data source="writers"> <label>Writers</label> </data> <data source="starring"> <label>Starring</label> </data> <data source="music"> <label>Music</label> </data> <data source="cinematography"> <label>Cinematography</label> </data> <data source="editor"> <label>Editor</label> </data> <data source="production companies"> <label>Production company</label> </data> <data source="distributors"> <label>Distributors</label> </data> <data source="release dates"> <label>Release dates</label> </data> <data source="running time"> <label>Running time</label> </data> <data source="country"> <label>Country</label> </data> <data source="language"> <label>Language</label> </data> <data source="budget"> <label>Budget</label> </data> <data source="box office"> <label>Box office</label> </data> </infobox>Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (ひぐらしの な く頃に, When the Cicadas Cry) is a Japanese television drama based on the visual novel franchise of the same name by Ryukishi07. The show stars Inaba Yū as well as several members of Japanese idol girl group NGT48. The series covers the first three arcs of Higurashi no Na ku Koro ni: Onikakushi-hen, Watanagashi-hen, and Tatarigoroshi-hen.

The show's theme song is Kimi wa Doko ni Iru? sang by its actresses.

It was followed by Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai.

Early summer, Maebara 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 Ryūgū Rena, Sonozaki Mion and the others that Keiichi trusted may be deeply involved in successive murders that occur every summer, the situation around Keiichi gradually starts to turn. As if the girls' characters had completely changed, a sewing needle is found in his food, he is chased by mysterious men, and is involved in an accident which could have killed him. He could no longer trust anyone, and then one mystery leads to another, bringing out a shockingly bloody ending.