The Summer Hikaru Died
On Nippon TV
A supernatural psychological horror centered on the intimate bond between two boys, where a friend's mysterious disappearance and return unravels into something otherworldly and existentially unsettling.
Six months ago, Hikaru vanished for a week. Now, as his best friend Yoshiki senses something amiss and confronts him, the harrowing truth emerges.
Essence
Ensemble
Chiaki Kobayashi
Yoshiki Tsujinaka (voice)
Shuichiro Umeda
Hikaru Indo (voice)
Chikahiro Kobayashi
Tanaka (voice)
Wakana Kowaka
Rie Kurebayashi (voice)
Yumiri Hanamori
Asako Yamagishi (voice)
Yoshiki Nakajima
Yuta Maki (voice)
Shion Wakayama
Yuki Tadokoro (voice)
Ryoko Shiraishi
Satoko Tsujinaka (voice)
Fuminori Komatsu
Toshinori Tsujinaka (voice)
Seika Hirose
Kaoru Tsujinaka (voice)
Setsuji Sato
Harasen (voice)
Koji Ishii
Hajime Takeda (voice)
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