Hideo Nakata

	STARmeter SEE RANK Down 340 this week View rank on IMDbPro » Hideo Nakata (I) Director \| Writer \| Producer Hideo Nakata was born on July 19, 1961 in Okayama, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Dark Water (2002), Ringu (1998) and Chatroom (2010). See full bio » Born: July 19, 1961 in Okayama, Japan
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Known For

Dark Water Director

(2002)

Ringu Director

(1998)

Chatroom Director

(2010)

The Ring Two Director

(2005)

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Filmography

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Director (33 credits)

2018 Sumaho o Otoshita dake (post-production)

2018 Owatta hito

2017 Yaneura no koibito (TV Mini-Series) (2 episodes)

- Episode #1.2 (2017)

- Episode #1.1 (2017)

2016 Mamagoto (TV Mini-Series) (8 episodes)

- Episode #1.8 (2016)

- Episode #1.7 (2016)

- Episode #1.6 (2016)

- Episode #1.5 (2016)

- Episode #1.4 (2016)

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2016 Howaito rirî

2016 Somewhere in Kamakura (Short)

2015 Yo ni mo Kimyô na Monogatari: Eiga kantoku-hen (TV Movie)

2015/I Gekijô rei

2014 Words with Gods (segment "Sufferings")

2014 Shinigami kun (TV Mini-Series) (1 episode)

- Episode #1.1 (2014)

2014 Monsterz

2013 Kuroyuri danchi: Joshô (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- Episode #1.12 (2013)

- Episode #1.11 (2013)

- Episode #1.2 (2013)

- Episode #1.1 (2013)

2013 3.11 go wo ikiru (Documentary)

2013 Kuroyuri danchi

2010 Inshite miru: 7-kakan no desu gêmu

2010 Chatroom

2009 Hariuddo kantoku-gaku nyûmon (Documentary)

2008 L: Change the World

2007 Kaidan

2007 Kaiki Daisakusen - Second File (TV Mini-Series)

2005 The Ring Two

2002 Last Scene

2002 Dark Water

2000 Sadistic and Masochistic (Documentary)

2000 Chaos

2000 Sotohiro

1999 Garasu no nô

1999 Ringu 2

1998 Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names (Documentary)

1998 Ringu

1997 Gakkô no kaidan F (TV Movie) (story "Hoken-shitsu", story "Rei Video")

1996 Don't Look Up

1992 Curse, Death & Spirit (Video)

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Writer (6 credits)

2009 Don't Look Up (story "Joyurei")

2009 Hariuddo kantoku-gaku nyûmon (Documentary) (screenplay)

2005 Dark Water (film Honogurai mizu no soko kara)

2002 Dark Water (screenplay - uncredited)

1998 Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names (Documentary) (writer)

1996 Don't Look Up (story)

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Producer (5 credits)

2013 Kuroyuri danchi: Joshô (TV Series) (executive producer)

2013 3.11 go wo ikiru (Documentary) (producer)

2009 Hariuddo kantoku-gaku nyûmon (Documentary) (producer)

2002 Last Scene (producer)

1998 Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names (Documentary) (executive producer)

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Actor (2 credits)

2001 Chi wo sû uchû

1997 Tokyo biyori

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Cinematographer (1 credit)

2000 Sadistic and Masochistic (Documentary)

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Thanks (2 credits)

2009 Don't Look Up (special thanks)

2006 Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku' (Video documentary short) (special thanks)

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Self (7 credits)

2016 Hideo Nakata: Ghosts, Rings and Water (Video documentary short)

2015 Le pire bonus de tous les temps (Documentary short)
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2014 L'invité (TV Series)
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- Episode dated 11 December 2014 (2014) ... Himself

2011 Miyazaki Tetsuya no Tôkingu hezzu (TV Series)
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- Hideo Nakata (2011) ... Himself

2007 True Asian Horror (TV Movie documentary)
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2005 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary short)
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- The Making of 'The Ring Two' (2005) ... Himself

2000 Sadistic and Masochistic (Documentary)
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Personal Details

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Alternate Names:

Nakada Hideo

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Personal Quote:

This may sound too simple but Asian ghosts can stand just behind you and can stare at you and doesn't say anything, just stands and stares at the main character. And that could be scary from our point of view... Whereas western movies, in general, westerns ghosts are an evil existence and are meant to do something to the victims, they attack the victims. So that is a difference that active ... See more »

Trivia:

Often directs literary adaptations of Koji Suzuki's novels, such as Ring (1998) and Dark Water (2002). Ring 2 (1999) was not based on his sequel novel Spiral, which was adapted into the failed sequel Rasen (1998), and functioned as a replacement sequel for that film. The Ring Two (2005) was also not based on the novel and, additionally, was not a remake of the Japanese version and had its own ... See more »