Honogurai mizu no soko kara
Directed by:
Hideo NakataCinematography:
Jun'ichirô HayashiComposer:
Kenji KawaiCast:
Shoko Egami, Rio Kanno, Mirei Oguchi, Asami Mizukawa, Chihiro Ōtsuka, Jessica Boone, 志水季里子, Toru Shinagawa, Yu Tokui, Shigemitsu Ogi, 原知佐子, 浅野麻衣子VOD (1)
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Supernatural horror film directed by Hideo Nakata, who also directed the hit films Ring and Ring 2. Hitomi Kuroki stars as Yoshimi, a recently-divorced working mother with a history of mental imbalance. Having won the custody battle for her five-year-old daughter, Ikuko (Rio Kanno), she moves with her daughter into a new apartment. But it isn't long before strange occurrences begin: the ceiling leaks incessantly - and when the ghost of a small girl in a yellow dress starts to appear around the place, Yoshimi's already precarious grip on her sanity gives way completely. (Palisades Tartan Video GB)
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Years ago, after a very interesting lecture, I thought to myself that I should watch more Japanese horror films. It's an interesting genre, but I didn't see more than ten films and I think that's enough for me. It’s not that I'm avoiding these films, but I simply don’t enjoy them. Although, in this case, it did have a really interesting point... Mother's victim.
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Dark Water demonstrates that Japanese horror movies do not have to be terrifying in the sense of just ghosts and jump scares. It shows that Japanese horror movies can have a great atmosphere that greatly impacts the viewer. The American remake, for example, did not do this so well. Even the way they work with the water is very good in this version. In addition, even if you do not leave the screening of the movie terrified, you will leave it having been moved.
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