Dark Water (2002)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Dark water |
| Original title | Honogurai mizu no soko kara |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| length | 101 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hideo Nakata |
| script | Yoshihiro Nakamura, Takashige Ichise , Hideo Nakata |
| production | Takashige Ichise |
| music |
Kenji Kawai , Shikao Suga |
| camera | Junichirō Hayashi |
| cut | Nobuyuki Takahashi |
| occupation | |
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The horror film Dark Water ( Japanese 仄 暗 い 水 の 底 か ら , Honogurai mizu no soko kara ) is the film adaptation of the cover story of the book of the same name by Kōji Suzuki . The film is about a single mother who uncovered a dark secret in her new apartment. Directed by Hideo Nakata .
action
After the divorce from her husband, the single parent Matsubara Yoshimi and her daughter Ikuko move into an apartment in a tenement block . At first she pays little attention to a water stain on the bedroom ceiling, especially since she hopes that the caretaker Kamiya will take care of it. Her main focus is on the custody battle against her ex-husband and the job search. But soon water is dripping from the ceiling and eerie processes are piling up: a mysterious children's handbag keeps popping up on the roof, from above you can hear constantly trampling footsteps and again and again she sees a strange girl in a yellow raincoat. Only gradually does she realize that the events are related to Kawai Mitsuko, who disappeared two years ago - and that her daughter is in great danger. Despite this knowledge, she stayed at the apartment on the advice of her lawyer Kishida. But the eerie incidents continue and she finally realizes what happened. Mitsuko fell in there during the last cleaning of the water container two years ago, her body was never discovered and is still there. But her spirit is still in the building - and wants Yoshimi as a mother. To protect her daughter from Mitsuko's jealousy, she sacrifices herself and from now on lives on as a restless spirit. However, she only sees her beloved daughter once again when she happened to find herself in the now abandoned tenement.
Reviews
“Subtle horror film from the pen of the Japanese cult author Koji Suzuki, directed by Hidoe [sic] Nakata, who both achieved a worldwide success with ' Ring '. The film does not achieve the density of this film, but the threatening, gloomy atmosphere, the thick carpet of sound, clever quotes and the deliberately delayed narrative tempo conjure up a disturbing atmosphere that is reminiscent of a classic like Polanski's ' Disgust '. "
Remake
In 2005, the remake Dark Water was released . The main role was played by Jennifer Connelly and directed by Walter Salles .
background
This film had a major impact on the American film ring . Samara is more similar to Mitsuko than to her actual role model Sadako. The heavy use of water and the undead girl's search for a mother from The Ring 2 also found their origin in Dark Water.
Awards
- Silver raven at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival 2002
- Grand Prize , International Critics Award and Youth Grand Jury Prize at the Gérardmer Film Festival 2003
- Special Mention at the Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya 2002 (as well as the nomination for Best Film )
Web links
- Dark Water in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Dark Water atRotten Tomatoes(English)
- Review of the film
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Dark Water . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2003 (PDF; test number: 94 616 V / DVD).
- ↑ Dark Water. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Awards. Internet Movie Database , accessed June 2, 2015 .
- ↑ List of winners on the festival homepage ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ French homepage of the film ( Memento of the original of October 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ SITGES FILM FESTIVAL 2002 REPORT ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
