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Directed by | Hideo Nakata |
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Produced by | Takashige Ichise[1] |
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Cinematography | Junichiro Hayashi[1] |
Edited by | Katsumi Nakazawa[1] |
Music by | Kenji Kawai |
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Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 101 minutes[1] |
Country | Japan |
Box office | $1.4 million[2] |
Dark Water (Japanese: 仄暗い水の底から, Hepburn: Honogurai mizu no soko kara, lit. "From the Depths of Dark Water") is a 2002 Japanese supernatural horror film directed by Hideo Nakata and written by Yoshihiro Nakamura and Kenichi Suzuki, based on the short story collection by Koji Suzuki.[1] The film stars Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno, Mirei Oguchi, Asami Mizukawa, Fumiyo Kohinata, Yu Tokui, Isao Yatsu and Shigemitsu Ogi. The plot follows a divorced mother who moves into a rundown apartment with her daughter, and experiences supernatural occurrences including a mysterious water leak from the floor above.
An American-produced remake of the film, directed by Walter Salles and starring Jennifer Connelly and Tim Roth, was released in 2005.