Dark Water

Based On the book by Kōji Suzuki

Dark Water is a 2002 Japanese supernatural horror film directed by Hideo Nakata and written by Yoshihiro Nakamura and Kenichi Suzuki. An adaptation of the 1996 short story "Floating Water" by Koji Suzuki, it follows a divorced mother (Hitomi Kuroki) who moves into a rundown apartment with her six-year-old daughter (Rio Kanno) and experiences supernatural occurrences linked to a constant leak of water from the apartment above. The film received positive reviews and grossed $1.4 million at the box office. An American remake, directed by Walter Salles and starring Jennifer Connelly and Tim Roth, was released in 2005.

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Release date:

January 19, 2002

Director:

Hideo Nakata

Cast:

Asami Mizukawa, Hitomi Kuroki, Fumiyo Kohinata

Genre:

Fantasy, Horror

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Year page:

2002 in adaptations