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(aka "Dark Water" or "Honogurai mizu no soko kara" or "From the Depths of Dark Water")
directed by Hideo Nakata
Japan 2002
After terrifying audiences
worldwide with the blockbuster J-horror classic
Ring and its
sequel, director Hideo Nakata returned to the genre for
Dark Water, another highly atmospheric, and critically
acclaimed, tale of the supernatural which took the common
theme of the dead wet girl to new heights of suspense and
drama. *** Hideo Nakata's follow-up to his successful Ringu, Dark Water tells the story of Yoshimi (Hitomi Kuroki, Kaidan) who is in an intense custody battle with her husband over their 6 year old daughter Ikuko (Rio Kanno, Nori: The Curse). Needing to show herself competent, Yoshimi rents an apartment in an old building and looks for a job. The apartment is dank but livable with only a slowly-spreading water stain on the ceiling. Ikuko finds a Hello Kitty bag (which reappears no matter how many times Yoshimi throws it away) and starts to hear footsteps in the overhead abandoned apartment. Yoshimi learns that a little girl living in the apartment above mysteriously vanished a year before and after catching glimpses of a Don't Look Now-esque child-size figure in a raincoat starts to look into the disappearance as others start to question her sanity and ability to take care of her daughter who seems to be in supernatural danger. Dark Water arrived in the US some time after its release (around the time of its American remake) and audiences who had seen plenty of post-Ringu Asian horror movies (as well as many "am I insane or are ghosts real?") will know the score but Nakata's film still hits the right emotional notes during its climax and an ending that is satisfying without condescending to a final shock. |
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Theatrical Release: January 19th, 2002
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Runtime | 1:41:18.614 | |
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1.85:1 2160P 4K Ultra HD Disc Size: 88,870,573,052 bytesFeature: 76,171,089,216 bytes Video Bitrate: 92.16 MbpsCodec: HEVC Video |
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DTS-HD Master Audio Japanese 3592 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3592 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit) |
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Subtitles | English, None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Arrow
1.85:1 2160P 4K Ultra HD Disc Size: 88,870,573,052 bytesFeature: 76,171,089,216 bytes Video Bitrate: 92.16 MbpsCodec: HEVC Video
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Ghosts, Rings and Water interview with director Hideo Nakata (26:00)
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Master 5.1 surround track (24-bit) in the
original Japanese language - as they did on their 2016
Blu-ray. Effects can be subtle before
exploding and the score by Kenji Kawai (Ghost
in the Shell,
RE:Born) and Shikao Suga does a wonderful
job of sneaking up on you in certain sequences. Bass is deep and rich
and the film, already offered an intense audio experience for the
viewer - and that is exemplified via the lossless. There are optional
English subtitles - and is, like all
4K UHD, region FREE,
playable worldwide.
The
extras on the
4K UHD disc are also
duplicated from the older
Blu-ray
disc and include a 26-minute, interview
with director Hideo Nakata, a new 20-minute interview
with novelist Koji Suzuki from May 2016 and he discusses
how he became Japan's pre-eminent horror novelist, and
how Dark Water was adapted from one of his short
stories. There is also a 20-minute, interview
with director of photography Junichiro Hayashi and he
speaks about his frequent collaborations with director
Hideo Nakata. There are some archive interviews with
actors Asami Mizukawa and Hitomi Kuroki and composer
Shikao Suga plus the 1/4 hour original Making of
documentary as well as a trailer, teaser and TV Spots. The
package has a reversible sleeve (see below) featuring original and
newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain and we can get an illustrated
collector's booklet containing new writing by David Kalat, author of
J-Horror: The Definitive Guide to The Ring, The Grudge
and Beyond, and an examination of the American
remake by writer and editor Michael Gingold. |
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