DARK WATER
aka HONOGURAI MIZU NO SOKO KARA

Year: 2002
UK: Metro Tartan Distribution
Cast: Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno, Mirei Oguchi, Asami Mizukawa, Fumiyo Kohinata, Shigemitsu Ogi, Yu Tokui, Isao Yatsu
Director: Hideo Nakata
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese (English subtitles)
UK: 101 mins
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong psychological horror
UK Release Date: 6 June 2003


Synopsis

Yoshimi Matsubara (Hitomi Kuroki) fights to gain legal custody of her five year-old daughter Ikuko (Rio Kanno) while the two live together in a dark, sullen and musty apartment building. Already insecure and uncertain about her future with her daughter, Yoshimi is haunted by murky water dripping through the ceiling and walls, and by the almost taunting appearances of a small red bag that once belonged to a girl who had mysteriously disappeared two years prior. Though she desperately struggles to find the strength within herself for Ikuko's sake, her horror intensifies as she comes closer to discovering the connection between these events, and is completely unprepared for the truth that lies ahead.