Dark Water
“Don't let the water reach you.”
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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Cast
25 people
Hitomi Kuroki
Yoshimi Matsubara
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Rio Kanno
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Mirei Oguchi
Mitsuko Kawai
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Asami Mizukawa
Ikuko Hamada
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Fumiyo Kohinata
Kunio Hamada
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Yuu Tokui
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Isao Yatsu
Kamiya
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Shigemitsu Ogi
Kishida
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Maiko Asano
Young Yoshimi's Teacher
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Tokyo Gore Police
Yukiko Ikari
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Shinji Nomura
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Kiriko Shimizu
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Hideo Nakata Director · Takashige Ichise Screenplay Yoshihiro Nakamura Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1.7M · Budget $4M · United States release June 21, 2005
Box office
Budget
$4,000,000
Worldwide gross
$1,686,839
Gross vs. budget
0.4×
Production
Office Augusta Co. Ltd.
Production
Oz Company
Production
KADOKAWA Shoten
Production
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Production
VAP
Production
TOHO
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation
Studio · Production
Kadokawa Shoten Publishing
Production
Video Audio Project (VAP)
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
仄暗い水の底から
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 19, 2002
Theatrical
United States · June 21, 2005
Physical · DVD
United States
November 9, 2002 · Premiere · AFI Fest
April 6, 2003 · Premiere · Philadelphia International Film Festival
France
February 26, 2003 · Theatrical
December 2, 2003 · Physical · DVD
October 16, 2021 · Premiere · Grand Lyon Film Festival (4K Restoration)
April 13, 2022 · Theatrical · Re-release (4K Restoration)
April 19, 2023 · Physical · Bluray & 4K UHD
October 24, 2026 · Digital · Arte.tv
October 30, 2026 · TV · Arte
Germany
February 7, 2002 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
August 15, 2003 · Premiere · Hamburg Fantasy Filmfest
September 4, 2003 · Physical · VHS
October 24, 2026 · Digital · Arte.tv
October 30, 2026 · TV · Arte
Hong Kong SAR China
August 15, 2002 · Physical
Ireland
June 6, 2003 · Digital
Italy
April 28, 2005 · Physical · DVD release
Netherlands
February 26, 2003 · Theatrical
Russia
May 15, 2003 · Theatrical
April 14, 2004 · Physical · DVD
June 27, 2024 · Theatrical · Re-release
July 15, 2024 · Digital
United Kingdom
August 17, 2002 · Premiere · Edinburgh International Film Festival
October 27, 2002 · Premiere · Raindance Film Festival
June 6, 2003 · Theatrical
October 10, 2016 · Physical · Dual Format DVD / Bluray
October 29, 2021 · Limited theatrical · BFI Japan: 100 Years of Japanese Cinema season
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