A mother and her 6-year-old daughter move into a creepy apartment whose every surface is permeated by water.A mother and her 6-year-old daughter move into a creepy apartment whose every surface is permeated by water.A mother and her 6-year-old daughter move into a creepy apartment whose every surface is permeated by water.
- Awards
- 6 wins & 2 nominations
Yû Tokui
- Ohta (real-estate agent)
- (as Yu Tokui)
Tôru Shinagawa
- Principal
- (as Tohur Shinagawa)
Shelley Calene-Black
- Yoshimi Matsubara
- (English version)
- (voice)
- Director
- Writers
- Kôji Suzuki
- Takashige Ichise(uncredited)
- Hideo Nakata(uncredited)
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Storyline
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- TriviaSecond film by Hideo Nakata to be based on a novel by Koji Suzuki. He previously directed Ring (1998) and its sequel Ring 2 (1999).
- Goofs(at around 1h 3 mins) When everyone is up on the roof examining the water tower, a flap of cloth or pant leg can be seen at the top of the ladder. This could be something attached to the tower, but later when she climbs it by herself and we see the whole thing, no such cloth is visible.
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That rainy season can mess with your mind....
This is not a story that could have been conceived in Arizona, say, or the Australian outback.
All of Japan (except for Hokkaido) has its "tsuyu" or rainy season every year in May-June-July, depending on the part of the country. Some years, there really isn't much change in the weather. Other years, Westerners such as myself start to think about building an ark...the rain is that relentless. Humidity is 90% or higher, mold and mildew everywhere, centipedes appear in the bathroom, ...ugh.
Of course if it actually continued to rain the entire movie, much of the eeriness of the movie would be lost--just because one wouldn't think oddly of all that water. Still, I think the original storyline must have come to the writer, Koji Suzuki, one rain-sodden June afternoon....
As with so many films in this genre, top marks for mood and atmosphere. One of the better Japanese occult/ghost/horror movies of recent years.
All of Japan (except for Hokkaido) has its "tsuyu" or rainy season every year in May-June-July, depending on the part of the country. Some years, there really isn't much change in the weather. Other years, Westerners such as myself start to think about building an ark...the rain is that relentless. Humidity is 90% or higher, mold and mildew everywhere, centipedes appear in the bathroom, ...ugh.
Of course if it actually continued to rain the entire movie, much of the eeriness of the movie would be lost--just because one wouldn't think oddly of all that water. Still, I think the original storyline must have come to the writer, Koji Suzuki, one rain-sodden June afternoon....
As with so many films in this genre, top marks for mood and atmosphere. One of the better Japanese occult/ghost/horror movies of recent years.
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- Aug 29, 2006
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- Also known as
- From the Depths of Dark Water
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- Gross worldwide
- $1,686,839
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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