Who is in the cast of Dark Water (2002)?

Hitomi Kuroki plays Yoshimi Matsubara, Rio Kanno plays Young Ikuko Matsubara, Mirei Oguchi plays Mitsuko Kawai, Asami Mizukawa plays Ikuko Hamada, Fumiyo Kohinata plays Kunio Hamada, Yuu Tokui plays Ota, Isao Yatsu plays Kamiya, Shigemitsu Ogi plays Kishida.

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Dark Water

2002 · Not rated · 1h 41m · Japanese

Don't let the water reach you.

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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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Genres

mysteryhorrorthriller

Details

Budget$4M

Box office$1.7M

Directed by

Hideo Nakata

Written by

Yoshihiro Nakamura, Takashige Ichise, Hideo Nakata, Kenichi Suzuki

Cinematography

Junichiro Hayashi

Music

Kenji Kawai

Starring

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 · Yuu Tokui as Ota · Isao Yatsu as Kamiya · Shigemitsu Ogi as Kishida