Dark Water is a movie directed by Hideo Nakata in 2002 and based on the book of the same name by Kōji Suzuki, first published in 1996. The movie features Hitomi Kuroki, Mirei Oguchi, Fumiyo Kohinata, Rio Kanno, Asami Mizukawa, Isao Yatsu, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
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Storyline
Yoshimi Matsubara, in the midst of a divorce mediation, rents a run-down apartment with her daughter, Ikuko. She enrolls Ikuko in a nearby kindergarten and gets a job as a proofreader in a small publishing company. The ceiling of their apartment has a leak that worsens on a daily basis. Matsubara complains to the building superintendent but he does nothing to fix it.
Movie vs Book
Year
2002
Minutes
101
Movie Rate
6.70
Source: IMDb
Movie
Dark Water
Original title: Honogurai mizu no soko kara
Director: Hideo Nakata
Country: Japan
Year: 2002
Length: 1h41m
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Year
1996
Pages
279
Book Rate
7.24
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Book
Dark Water
Author: Kōji Suzuki
Country: Japan
First published in: 1996
Length: 279 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Walter Salles
User polls & recommendations
“The summer movies are coming out. My advice: just stay home and burn a good book.”
STEPHEN COLBERT (Actor)
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