Hideo Nakata was born on July 19, 1961 in Okayama, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for The Ring Two (2005), Ring (1998) and Dark Water (2002).
His films are often adapted, or influenced, by Koji Suzuki's novels.
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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 feeling, the aggressiveness of the apparition in the western horror movies whereas in the Asian ones it's not. But of course there are exceptions like the Robert Wise film The Haunting or The Turn of the Screw, those movies the ghosts were just there. In fact with The Haunting there was no ghost whatsoever in the movie, so there are some exceptions.
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[Children] are closer to the Other World than adults are. And they can be possessed by the supernatural specifically because they are close to that world.
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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 unique plot.
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Studied journalism at the University of Tokyo.
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Has a brother.
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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.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mamagoto
2016
TV Mini-Series 8 episodes
Howaito rirî
2016
Somewhere in Kamakura
2016
Short
Yo ni mo Kimyô na Monogatari: Eiga kantoku-hen
2015
TV Movie
Gekijô rei
2015
Words with Gods
2014
segment "Sufferings"
Shinigami kun
2014
TV Mini-Series 1 episode
Monsterz
2014
Kuroyuri danchi: Joshô
2013
TV Series 4 episodes
3.11 go wo ikiru
2013
Documentary
Kuroyuri danchi
2013
Inshite miru: 7-kakan no desu gêmu
2010
Chatroom
2010
Hariuddo kantoku-gaku nyûmon
2009
Documentary
L: Change the World
2008
Kaidan
2007
Kaiki Daisakusen - Second File
2007
TV Mini-Series
The Ring Two
2005
Last Scene
2002
Dark Water
2002
Sadistic and Masochistic
2000
Documentary
Chaos
2000
Sotohiro
2000
Garasu no nô
1999
Ringu 2
1999
Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names
1998
Documentary
Ringu
1998
Gakkô no kaidan F
1997
TV Movie story "Hoken-shitsu", story "Rei Video"
Don't Look Up
1996
Curse, Death & Spirit
1992
Video
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Don't Look Up
2009
story "Joyurei"
Hariuddo kantoku-gaku nyûmon
2009
Documentary screenplay
Dark Water
2005
film Honogurai mizu no soko kara
Dark Water
2002
screenplay - uncredited
Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names
1998
Documentary writer
Don't Look Up
1996
story
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Kuroyuri danchi: Joshô
2013
TV Series executive producer
3.11 go wo ikiru
2013
Documentary producer
Hariuddo kantoku-gaku nyûmon
2009
Documentary producer
Last Scene
2002
producer
Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names
1998
Documentary executive producer
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Chi wo sû uchû
2001
Tokyo biyori
1997
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sadistic and Masochistic
2000
Documentary
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Don't Look Up
2009
special thanks
Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'
2006
Video documentary short special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hideo Nakata: Ghosts, Rings and Water
2016
Video documentary short
Le pire bonus de tous les temps
2015
Documentary short
Himself
Miyazaki Tetsuya no Tôkingu hezzu
2011
TV Series
Himself
True Asian Horror
2007
TV Movie documentary
Himself
HBO First Look
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
Sadistic and Masochistic
2000
Documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2003
Grand Prize
Gérardmer Film Festival
Honogurai mizu no soko kara (2002)
2003
Youth Jury Grand Prize
Gérardmer Film Festival
Honogurai mizu no soko kara (2002)
2003
International Critics Award
Gérardmer Film Festival
Honogurai mizu no soko kara (2002)
2002
Silver Raven
Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film (BIFFF)
Honogurai mizu no soko kara (2002)
2002
Jury's Choice Award
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
Feature Film
Honogurai mizu no soko kara (2002)
2002
Special Mention
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
Honogurai mizu no soko kara (2002)
2001
Audience Award
NatFilm Festival
Ringu (1998)
1999
Golden Raven
Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film (BIFFF)
$10 Million
