Dark Water

Name: Dark Water
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2002-01-19
Duration: 1 h 41 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno, Mirei Oguchi, Asami Mizukawa, Fumiyo Kohinata

2002·Movie·15·101 min·★ 6.8(715)

Horror Mystery Thriller More Japanese titles

“Don't let the water reach you.”

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.

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United States	Night Flight Plus, ARROW	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
United Kingdom	Arrow Video Amazon Channel, ARROW	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video
Canada	ARROW	Apple TV Store
Germany	MIDNIGHT FACTORY Amazon Channel	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies
France	Shadowz, Molotov TV, Shadowz Amazon Channel	—
Spain	Shadowz Amazon Channel	Rakuten TV
Japan	Hulu, U-NEXT, KADOKAWA channel Amazon Channel	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, FOD
South Korea	wavve, Watcha, TVING	wavve, Google Play Movies

About Dark Water

Dark Water is a 2002 Japanese-language horror, mystery and thriller film directed by Hideo Nakata. The cast is led by Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno, Mirei Oguchi. It has a runtime of 1h 41m. Viewers rate it 6.8/10 across 700 ratings. In United States, it is currently streaming on Night Flight Plus, ARROW.

Dark Water was produced by Office Augusta Co. Ltd., Oz Company, and KADOKAWA Shoten and made in Japan. It was released on January 19, 2002, and carries a 15 certification. Made on a budget of about $4 million, it went on to gross $2 million worldwide.

Director: Hideo Nakata
Writers: Yoshihiro Nakamura, Kenichi Suzuki, Takashige Ichise
Release date: January 19, 2002
Original language: Japanese
Age rating: 15
Status: Released
Country: Japan
Budget: $4 million
Box office: $2 million
Production: Office Augusta Co. Ltd., Oz Company, KADOKAWA Shoten

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Dark Water cast & crew

Dark Water was directed by Hideo Nakata and written by Yoshihiro Nakamura, Kenichi Suzuki, and Takashige Ichise.

The cast features Hitomi Kuroki as Yoshimi Matsubara, Rio Kanno as Young Ikuko Matsubara, Mirei Oguchi as Mitsuko Kawai, Asami Mizukawa as Ikuko Hamada, Fumiyo Kohinata as Kunio Hamada, and Yuu Tokui as Ota.

Behind the camera, the score was composed by Kenji Kawai, cinematography is by Junichiro Hayashi, and it was produced by Takashige Ichise.

Is Dark Water worth watching?

Dark Water holds an audience score of 6.8/10 from 715 ratings, a solidly received horror films.

At 1h 41m, it's a standard feature-length watch.

If you enjoy horror, mystery, and thriller, Dark Water is worth a place on your watchlist.

How and where to watch Dark Water

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