Dark Water (2002) - Credits and Details

Dark Water Credits and Details

Directed by
	Hideo Nakata
Written by
	Kôji Suzuki	...	novel
	Yoshihiro Nakamura	...	screenplay
	Ken'ichi Suzuki	...	screenplay
	Takashige Ichise	...	screenplay
	Hideo Nakata	...	screenplay
Cast
	Hitomi Kuroki	...	Yoshimi Matsubara
	Rio Kanno	...	Ikuko Matsubara (6 years old)
	Mirei Oguchi	...	Mitsuko Kawai
	Asami Mizukawa	...	Ikuko Hamada (16 years old)
	Fumiyo Kohinata	...	Kunio Hamada
	Yū Tokui	...	Ohta (real-estate agent) (as Yu Tokui)
	Isao Yatsu	...	Kamiya (apartment manager)
	Shigemitsu Ogi	...	Kishida (Yoshimi's lawyer)
	Maiko Asano	...	Young Yoshimi's Teacher
	Yukiko Ikari	...	Young Yoshimi
	Shinji Nomura	...	Male Mediator
	Kiriko Shimizu	...	Female Mediator
	Teruko Hanahara	...	Old Lady (twin, elder)
	Youko Yasuda	...	Old Lady (twin, younger)
	Shichirou Gou	...	Nishioka
	Chisako Hara	...	Kayo
	Tôru Shinagawa	...	Principal (as Tohur Shinagawa)
	Rie Hagiwara	...	Nursery Teacher B
	Erika Hatanaka	...	Nursery Teacher D
	Youko Hujimoto	...	Housewife
	Hibiki Izawa	...	Nursery Teacher C
	Erika Kuroishi	...	Kiyomi
	Tarō Suwa	...	Boss of Yoshimi Matsubara (as Tarô Suwa)
	Minako Tsuda	...	Nursery Teacher A
	Chihiro Ôtsuka	...	Reiko
Produced by
	Takashige Ichise	...	producer
	Kyle Jones	...	producer
	John Ledford	...	executive producer
	Mark Williams	...	executive producer
Original Music by
	Kenji Kawai
	Shikao Suga
Special Effects by
	Shûichi Kishiura	...	special effects
Visual Effects by
	Taro 'Kougaku' Ave	...	digital effects
	Mitsuaki Hashimoto	...	visual effects
	Takashi Kawabata	...	digital effects
	Shuichi Narita	...	cgi main operator
	Takanori Sato	...	vfx producer
	Takeshi Uchida	...	digital effects
	Harumi Yokota	...	cgi technical director

Additional Info
Premiere:	January 19, 2002
DVD Release:	June 21, 2005
Blu-ray Release:	October 11, 2016
Country:
Distributor:	Arrow Films
Websites:

Ratings
5.8 / 10	6.7 / 10

Alternate Titles
Honogurai Mizu No Soko Kara

Production Companies
Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co.
Nippon Television Network (NTV)
Video Audio Project (VAP)
Nikkatsu
Office Augusta Co. Ltd.
Oz Company

Distributors
Toho (2002) (World-wide)
ADV Films (2005) (United States) (DVD)
Arrow Video (2016) (United States) (DVD)
Arrow Video (2016) (United States) (Ultra HD Blu-ray)
Arrow Video (2024) (United States) (Ultra HD Blu-ray)
The Anime Network (United States) (TV)
The Criterion Channel (2024) (United States) (streaming) (TV)

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