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Hideo Nakata - what members say


  • Ring
  • Ring review by Anna from Belfast
    Rated - 4 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...  
  • Ring 2
  • Ring 2 review by Nostromo from Reading
    Rated - 1 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...  
  • Dark Water
  • Dark Water review by LEE GIBBON from READING,ENGLAND
    Rated - 4 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...  

Hideo Nakata - filmography


  • Dark Water
  • Dark Water on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Hitomi Kuroki,  Rio Kanno
    Director: Hideo Nakata
    Certificate: 15
    From the director of the Japanese horror classic RING (remade successfully by Hollywood as THE RING) comes this equally sinister and edgy ghost story about a mother and daughter whose run down apartment has unexplained damp patches on the walls and ghostly apparitions from a young girl.
    Rate this: 3.0 62% from 2,468 members
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  • Chaos
  • Chaos on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Masato Hagiwara,  Miki Nakatani,  Ken Mitsuishi
    Director: Hideo Nakata
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.0 59% from 179 members
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  • Ring 2
  • Ring 2 on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Daisuke Ban,  Kyoko Fukada,  Kenjiro Ishimaru
    Director: Hideo Nakata
    Certificate: 15
    Hideo Nakata's sequel to his notoriously creepy RING continues the chilling tale after the unforgettable finale of the original. Reporter Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima) continues her investigation of the ghostly Sadako and the cursed videotape. Meanwhile, Reiko's son, Yoichi (Rikiya Otaka), ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 63% from 1,419 members
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  • Ring
  • Ring on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Nanako Matsushima,  Sato Hitomi,  Miki Nakatani
    Director: Hideo Nakata
    Certificate: 15
    Exactly one week after staying at a remote cabin, a group of Japanese teenagers all meet sudden inexplicable deaths. A cousin of one of the victims, reporter Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima), begins an investigation that leads to the discovery of a videotape containing hauntingly bizarre footage. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 72% from 3,586 members
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Hideo Nakata facts

5 most recent films


Death Note - L Change the World - 3.0 stars
The Ring Two - 2.5 stars
Dark Water - 3.0 stars
Sleeping Bride - 3.0 stars
Chaos - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films


Ring - 3.5 stars
Dark Water - 3.0 stars
Chaos - 3.0 stars
Ring 2 - 3.0 stars
Sleeping Bride - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films


Death Note - L Change the World - 3.0 stars
Dark Tales Of Japan - 2.0 stars
The Ring Two - 2.5 stars
Sleeping Bride - 3.0 stars
Ring 2 - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Miki Nakatani - 3 times - show films
Nanako Matsushima - 2 times - show films
Emily VanCamp - 1 times - show films
Rikiya Otaka - 1 times - show films
Ken'ichi Matsuyama - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors


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