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Dark Water (2002) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Japanese ( Dolby DTS 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Booklet

Movie filmed in 2002 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Hideo Nakata

Written By:
Kôji Suzuki
Hideo Nakata

Actors:
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)

Synopsis:

Given the phenomenal success of Ringu, which inspired a sequel, a television series, and a nearly identical American remake (The Ring), it's not surprising that Japanese horror specialist Hideo Nakata would turn once again to household objects as a source of terror. What Ringu did for television sets and video tapes, Dark Water will, for the faint of heart, do for kitchen faucets and leaky ceilings. Nakata certainly can't be blamed for going with what works, but if Dark Water seems at first like a cynical recycling of a successful formula, its director has developed into enough of a formalist to at least make it reasonably compelling. Set in a dreary, rain-soaked suburban landscape of concrete block apartment buildings, some of the film's subtly composed long takes wouldn't be out of place in a Michelangelo Antonioni movie. Its atmosphere is its best asset. The final payoff is nowhere near as elementally terrifying as Ringu's most famous sequence, but enough chills are delivered along the way to keep things interesting.

In the midst of a custody battle, Yoshimi and her beloved 6 year old daughter move in a creepy apartment. Once there, the discovery of a schoolbag left behind by a mysterious young girl, along with the appearance of damp patches on the ceiling and walls begins to haunt them as rumours circulate of a little girl who disappeared from the apartment above...

A mother and her 6 year old daughter move into a creepy apartment whose every surface is permeated by water.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 22 April, 2011.