Dark Water
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| Dark Water | |
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 UK DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Hideo Nakata |
| Produced by | Takashige Ichise |
| Written by | Novel: Koji Suzuki Screenplay: Hideo Nakata Takashige Ichise |
| Music by | Kenji Kawai Shikao Suga |
| Cinematography | Junichiro Hayashi |
| Editing by | Nobuyuki Takahashi |
| Distributed by | Toho |
| Released | January 19, 2002 |
| Running time | 98 min. |
| IMDb profile | |
| JMDb profile | |
| Trailer | |
Dark Water (仄暗い水の底から Honogurai Mizu no Soko Kara) is a 2002 Japanese horror film based on a novel by Koji Suzuki and directed by Hideo Nakata.
[edit] Plot summary
Yoshimi Matsubara moves into a run-down apartment complex with her daughter Ikuko after a bitter custody battle with her ex-husband. Before long she starts to notice a leak in her ceiling but the landlord refuses to fix it properly. After that, strange things begin happening. A child's red bag keeps appearing and it seems that Ikuko has started talking to a new imaginary friend. This is no ordinary imaginary friend, however, and Yoshimi will soon discover her identity as well as her intentions.
[edit] Cast
- Hitomi Kuroki ... Yoshimi Matsubara
- Rio Kanno ... Ikuko Matsubara (6 years old)
- Mirei Oguchi ... Mitsuko Kawai
- Asami Mizukawa ... Ikuko Hamada (16 years old)
- Fumiyo Kohinata ... Kunio Hamada
- Yu Tokui ... Ohta (real-estate agent)
- Isao Yatsu ... Kamiya (apartment manager)
- Shigemitsu Ogi ... Kishida (Yoshimi's lawyer)
- Chihiro Otsuka
[edit] External links
- Dark Water review at Snowblood Apple
- Dark Water review at Midnight Eye
