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Dark Water

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A woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. The ceiling of their apartment has a dark and active leak.

Status: Released

Released Date: 2002-01-19

Runtime: 101 mins

Director: Hideo Nakata

Spoken language: 日本語

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Original title: Dark Water

Production Companies: Office Augusta Co. Ltd., Nikkatsu Corporation, Oz Company, KADOKAWA Shoten, Nippon Television Network Corporation, VAP

Production Countries: Japan

Cast

Yoshimi Matsubara

Hitomi Kuroki

Young Ikuko Matsubara

Rio Kanno

Mirei Oguchi

Asami Mizukawa

Fumiyo Kohinata

Yuu Tokui

Isao Yatsu

Shigemitsu Ogi

Young Yoshimi's Teacher

Maiko Asano

Yukiko Ikari

Shinji Nomura

Kiriko Shimizu

Teruko Hanahara

Youko Yasuda

Reviews

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This was very enjoyable and I especially loved the ambience, murkiness and palpable dread that coruscated throughout. This scared my son, a budding horror-film aficionado himself, surprisingly much more than I felt more horrific films he has watched did, and gave him nightmares for a while afterwards. As much as I love Jennifer Connelly and Walter Salles' work, I will try and avoid the English-language remake simply on general principle.

2016-07-02

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