Hideo Nakata

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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 Ringu 2 (1999). See full bio »

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July 19, 1961 in Okayama, Japan

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10 wins & 6 nominations. See more awards »

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Dark Water Director

(2002)

Ringu Director

(1998)

Ringu 2 Director

(1999)

Dark Water Writer

(2005)

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Director (36 credits)

Sumaho o otoshita dake na no ni 2 (pre-production)

2019 Sadako

2019 The Woman Who Keeps a Murderer

2018 Stolen Identity

2018 Life in Overtime

2017 Lovers in the Attic (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 White Lily

2016 Somewhere in Kamakura (Short)

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

2015/I Ghost Theater

2014 Words with Gods (segment "Sufferings")

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

- Episode #1.1 (2014)

2014 Monsterz

2013 The Complex: Prologue (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- Episode #1.12 (2013)

- Episode #1.11 (2013)

- Episode #1.2 (2013)

- Episode #1.1 (2013)

2013 Life After 3.11 (Documentary)

2013 The Complex

2010 The Incite Mill

2010 Chatroom

2009 Foreign Filmmakers' Guide to Hollywood (Documentary)

2008 Death Note: 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 Foreign Filmmakers' Guide to Hollywood (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 The Complex: Prologue (TV Series) (executive producer)

2013 Life After 3.11 (Documentary) (producer)

2009 Foreign Filmmakers' Guide to Hollywood (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 Gore from Outer Space

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)
Himself

2014 L'invité (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 11 December 2014 (2014) ... Himself

2011 Miyazaki Tetsuya no Tôkingu hezzu (TV Series)
Himself

- Hideo Nakata (2011) ... Himself

2007 True Asian Horror (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2005 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary short)
Himself

- The Making of 'The Ring Two' (2005) ... Himself

2000 Sadistic and Masochistic (Documentary)
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Nakada Hideo

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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 »

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According to his official website, his 1996 theatrical debut film was a documentary called "Man With 4 Names," on Joseph Losey, Wisconsin-bred-British-based filmmaker who was a Communist Party member. See more »

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His films are often adapted, or influenced, by Koji Suzuki's novels.

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