Movie Background

Dark Water

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.

Director(s)

Hideo Nakata

Masaki Adachi

Cast & Crew

Tarō Suwa

Tarō Suwa

Boss of Yoshimi Matsubara

Isao Yatsu

Isao Yatsu

Kamiya

Erika Kuroishi

Erika Kuroishi

Kiyomi

Kiriko Shimizu

Kiriko Shimizu

Mediator

Masaki Adachi

Masaki Adachi

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Tōru Shinagawa

Tōru Shinagawa

Kindergarten Principal

Fumiyo Kohinata

Fumiyo Kohinata

Kunio Hamada

Shigemitsu Ogi

Shigemitsu Ogi

Kishida

Hideo Nakata

Hideo Nakata

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Hitomi Kuroki

Hitomi Kuroki

Yoshimi Matsubara

Rio Kanno

Rio Kanno

Young Ikuko Matsubara

Mirei Oguchi

Mirei Oguchi

Mitsuko Kawai

Asami Mizukawa

Asami Mizukawa

Ikuko Hamada

Yuu Tokui

Yuu Tokui

Ota

Maiko Asano

Maiko Asano

Young Yoshimi's Teacher

Yukiko Ikari

Yukiko Ikari

Young Yoshimi

Shinji Nomura

Shinji Nomura

Mediator

Teruko Hanahara

Teruko Hanahara

Old Lady

Youko Yasuda

Youko Yasuda

Old Lady

Shichirou Gou

Shichirou Gou

Nishioka

Chisako Hara

Chisako Hara

Kayo

Rie Hagiwara

Rie Hagiwara

Nursery Teacher

Erika Hatanaka

Erika Hatanaka

Nursery Teacher

Youko Hujimoto

Youko Hujimoto

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Hibiki Izawa

Hibiki Izawa

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Minako Tsuda

Minako Tsuda

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Chihiro Ohtsuka

Chihiro Ohtsuka

Reiko

Details

GenresHorror, Mystery, Thriller
Runtime1h 41 mins
Released on19 Jan 2002
Languageja
Produced InJapan

Reviews

talisencrw

9/10

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.

All Trailers

Official Trailer [Subtitled]
Original Trailer [Subtitled]
Re-Release Trailer [Subtitled]