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Hideo Nakata

Born: July 19, 1961
Occupation: Director
Active: '90s-2000s
Major Genres: Horror
Career Highlights: Dark Water, Ringu, Ring-Two.html">The Ring Two
First Major Screen Credit: The Cursed Doll (1992)

Born in Okayama, Japan, in 1961, Nakata enrolled at the University of Tokyo to study Journalism. The relocation from the countryside to the city gave Nakata access to about 300 films per year, and numerous odd jobs on movie sets found him increasingly interested by the process of film making.
Following his graduation, Nakata found work as an assistant director at the famous Nikkatsu studios, he showed no particular interest in becoming a horror director at that point in his career, it was under the mentorship of Masaru Konuma that Nakata received his true mentorship in the world of film production. Nakata came into his own behind the camera with his 1992 directorial debut, the made-for-TV God's Hand
After much success with ;
The Ring Three - Director 2009
L: Change the World (Death Note spinoff) - Director 2007
Kaidan - Director 2007
Dark Water (USA) - Writer 2005
Ring-Two.html">The Ring Two - Director 2005
Last Scene - Director, Producer 2002
Dark Water - Director, Writer (screenplay) 2002
Chi wo suu uchuu - Actor 2001
Sotohiro - Director 2000
Chaos - Director 2000
Sleeping Bride (Garasu no nou) - Director 2000
Sadistic and Masochistic (documentary) - Director, Himself 2000
Ringu 2 - Director, Writer 1999
Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names (documentary) - Director, Writer 1998
Ringu - Director 1998
Tokyo biyori - Actor 1997
Don't Look Up - Director, Writer (story) 1996
Curse, Death & Spirit (video) - Director

He has earned the reputation as master of the macabre , leaving terrified audiences nervously sat on the edge of their seats



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Hideo Nakata - what members say


  • Ring
  • Ring review by from Belfast
    Rated - 4.0 stars classic japanese horror...must see 26 November 2004
    ...If your a fan of dark Japanese horror movies then Hideo Nakata's 'Ring' is a real treat. This atmospheric scare fest is the first installment of the Ring trilogy telling th...   Read customer review
  • Ring 2
  • Ring 2 review by from Reading
    Rated - 1.0 stars Gah! 2 July 2005
    ...nto filming this someone at the production studio must have sent a memo telling Hideo Nakata to put a bullet in the brain of this particular trick horse, the better to flog...   Read customer review
  • Dark Water
  • Dark Water review by from READING,ENGLAND
    Rated - 4.0 stars HIDEO DOES IT AGAIN 15 September 2004
    ...AN EXCELLENT SHOWING FRON JAPANESE HORROR DIRECTOR, Hideo Nakata. WHILST THIS NEVER REACHES THE SCARES OF RINGU, IT IS STILL AN EXTREMELY HAUNTING FILM. AN OUTSTANDING PER...   Read customer review

Hideo Nakata - filmography


  • Chatroom
  • Chatroom on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Aaron Johnson,  Imogen Poots,  Matthew Beard
    Director: Hideo Nakata
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    The story follows five teenagers who meet together on the Internet and encourage each other there to remove their destructive behaviour. The situation gets completely out of control, as one of the boys take the opportunity to wipe his past. Directed by Hideo Nakata, the man behind the Japanese ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 1,186 member
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  • Chatroom - Blu-ray
  • Chatroom - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Ophelia Lovibond,  Megan Dodds,  Imogen Poots
    Director: Hideo Nakata
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Hideo Nakata's big-screen adaptation of Enda Walsh's stage play thriller. Four teenagers - Jim (Matthew Beard), Eva (Imogen Poots), Emily (Hannah Murray) and Mo (Daniel Kaluuya) - meet online in a cyber chatroom dominated by the presence of the charismatic William (Aaron Johnson). As in the play, ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 528 members
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  • Death Game
  • Death Game (2010)
    Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara,  Haruka Ayase,  Aya Hirayama
    Director: Hideo Nakata
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When ten strangers agree to an interview for the same lucrative job offer they find themselves locked in an underground complex with their own unique weapon and given the ultimatum ‘kill or be killed’. From the director of The Ring and starring Tatsuya Fujiwara (Battle Royale, Death Note) this ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
    Due for release on 8th July 2013
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  • Death Note - L Change the World
  • Death Note - L Change the World on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Youki Kudoh,  Yuta Kanai,  Renji Ishibashi
    Director: Hideo Nakata
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Spin-off from the Death Note series that follows the final 23 days in the life of detective 'L' (Ken'ichi Matsuyama) as he seeks to solve his final case. While investigating a group of renegade scientists responsible for the spread of a highly contagious virus that threatens to destroy the human ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,039 member
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  • The Ring Two
  • The Ring Two on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Emily Van Camp,  Sissy Spacek,  Gary Cole
    Director: Hideo Nakata
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Horror remake sequel. Six months after the terrifying events of the first film, Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) has taken her son Aidan (David Dorfman) to the peaceful mountain resort of Astoria, where she takes a job on a local newspaper. When she discovers a case of a teenage murder victim, Rachel ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 26,825 members
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  • Dark Water
  • Dark Water on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Rio Kanno,  Hitomi Kuroki
    Director: Hideo Nakata
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Supernatural horror film directed by Hideo Nakata, who also directed the hit films 'Ring' and 'Ring 2'. Hitomi Kuroki stars as Yoshimi, a recently-divorced working mother with a history of mental imbalance. Having won the custody battle for her five-year-old daughter, Ikuko (Rio Kanno), she moves ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 16,524 members
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  • Chaos
  • Chaos on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ken Mitsuishi,  Jun Kunimura,  Miki Nakatani
    Director: Hideo Nakata
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A man gets involved in a kidnapping scheme with the wife of a wealthy businessman. She lets herself be tied up and confined in his house while he sends the ransom demand. When he returns home that night, however, he finds her laying dead on the floor. In a panic he buries her body deep in the woods ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 861 members
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  • Ring 2
  • Ring 2 on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Emily Van Camp,  Sissy Spacek,  Gary Cole
    Director: Hideo Nakata
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In this sequel to the original Japanese horror hit, journalist Mai Takano (Miki Nakatani) begins her own investigation into the mysterious haunted videotape which kills all those who see it. Along the way she discovers that Youichi, the son of tape victim Ryiji, has begun to develop many of the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 7,525 members
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  • Ring
  • Ring on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Sato Hitomi,  Nanako Matsushima,  Miki Nakatani
    Director: Hideo Nakata
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In this psychological horror story from Japan, a legend circulates among teenagers that if one watches a certain video at a certain time of the night, the telephone will ring right afterward, and one week later, you will die. When Masami (Hitomi Sato) tells her friend Imako this story, she scoffs --..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 21,586 members
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Hideo Nakata facts

5 most recent films

Chatroom - 2.0 stars
Chatroom - Blu-ray - 2.0 stars
Death Game - 3 stars
Death Note - L Change the World - 3.5 stars
The Ring Two - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Ring - 3.5 stars
Death Note - L Change the World - 3.5 stars
Dark Water - 3.0 stars
Chaos - 3.0 stars
Ring 2 - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Death Game - 3 stars
Chatroom - Blu-ray - 2.0 stars
Chatroom - 2.0 stars
The Ring Two - 2.5 stars
Sleeping Bride - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Miki Nakatani - 5 times - show films
Nanako Matsushima - 4 times - show films
Ken'ichi Matsuyama - 3 times - show films
Ophelia Lovibond - 3 times - show films
Imogen Poots - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Norio Tsuruta - 1 times - show films
Takashi Shimizu - 1 times - show films
Norio Tsurut - 1 times - show films

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