is a

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Life and career

Nakata was born in Okayama,

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. He is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on

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films such as ''

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'' (1998), ''

Ring 2 is a 1999 Japanese supernatural horror film, directed by Hideo Nakata and serves as a sequel to '' Ring''. ''Ring'' was originally a novel written by Koji Suzuki; its sequel, ''Rasen'' (a.k.a. ''Spiral''), was also adapted into a film as the ...

'' (1999) and ''

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'' (2002). Several of these were remade in English as '' The Ring'' (2002), ''

'' (2005), and ''

The Ring Two ''The Ring Two'' is a 2005 American supernatural psychological horror film and a sequel to the 2002 film '' The Ring'', which was a remake of the 1998 Japanese film ''Ring''. Hideo Nakata, director of the original Japanese film ''Ring'', on whi ...

''. Nakata was scheduled to make his English-language debut with ''True Believers'', but later pulled out. He was later offered by

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to direct the movie ''

'' (2005), which he accepted, making his English-language debut with a

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to a

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of his own film. Nakata made his initial breakthrough into film with '' Ghost Actress'' a.k.a. ''Don't Look Up'' (1996). Although failing to attain any large-scale success, the film was responsible for leading to his directing of ''Ring''. Other Nakata films include ''

Sleeping Bride is a Japanese 2000 romance film directed by Hideo Nakata, based on a comic by Osamu Tezuka. It is probably best known to Western audiences for its inclusion in a Palisades Tartan DVD release of the '' Ring'' trilogy, which included it as a four ...

'' (2000); ''Curse, Death and Spirit''; and ''

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'' (2000). He directed the psychological thriller The Incite Mill which premiered on 16 October 2010 in Japan. He has now completed a Japanese ghost story, ''Kaidan''. Nakata is currently working on Hearn, which is about the life of Lafcadio Hearn who wrote ''Kwaidan''. He is represented by

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. His film ''

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'', was screened in the

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section at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.

Filmography

Film

*''

Curse, Death & Spirit is a 1992 three-part anthology of Japanese ghost stories from director Hideo Nakata. The DVD version is being licensed and distributed by AsiaVision. Story The movie consist of three storylines. The Cursed Doll: Satomi is being called by ...

'' (1992) *''

Don't Look Up ''Don't Look Up'' is a 2021 American apocalyptic political satire black comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by Adam McKay from a story he co-wrote with David Sirota. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Rob Morgan, ...

'' (1996) – also writer (story) *''

'' (1998) *''Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names'' (1998) *''

'' (1999) *''

'' (1999) *''Take It'' (2000) *''

'' (2000) *''

'' (2002) *''

'' (2005) *''

Kaidan is a Japanese word consisting of two kanji: 怪 (''kai'') meaning "strange, mysterious, rare, or bewitching apparition" and 談 (''dan'') meaning "talk" or "recited narrative". Overall meaning and usage In its broadest sense, ''kaidan'' refers ...

'' (2007) *'' L: Change the World'' (2008) *''Foreign Filmmakers' Guide to Hollywood'' (2009) *''

'' (2010) *''

The Incite Mill is a 2010 Japanese psychological thriller directed by Hideo Nakata. The movie is based on Honobu Yonezawa's novel ''The Incite Mill''. Plot Ten people are promised a dream job that pays 112,000 yen ($1,236 US dollars) per hour, no experience or ...

'' (2010) *'' The Complex'' (2013) *''Life After 3.11'' (2013) *''

Monsterz ''Monsterz'' is a 2014 Japanese fantasy horror thriller film directed by Hideo Nakata. It is a remake of the 2010 South Korean film ''Haunters''. Cast * Tatsuya Fujiwara *Takayuki Yamada *Satomi Ishihara *Tae Kimura * Yutaka Matsushige *Mina F ...

'' (2014) *'' Words With Gods'' (2014) – segment "Sufferings" *'' Ghost Theater'' (2015) *''Somewhere in Kakamura'' (2016 short) *''

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'' (2016) *''Life in Overtime'' (2018) *''Stolen Identity'' (2018) *''The Woman Who Keeps a Murderer'' (2019) *''

Sadako Sadako is a Japanese name, commonly used for women. Sadako is also a film. The same name can be written with a variety of kanji, and the meanings of the name differ accordingly: *, "chaste child"; the same characters can also be read as a Korean fe ...

'' (2019) *''Stigmatized Properties'' (2020) *''

Usogui is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Toshio Sako. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from May 2006 to December 2017, with its chapters compiled into forty-nine ''tankōbon'' vo ...

'' (2022) *''It's in the Woods'' (2022) *''The Forbidden Play'' (2023)

Television

*''Gakkô no kaidan F'' (1997) (story "Hoken-shitsu", story "Rei Video") *''

Shinigami-kun is a Japanese television drama series based on the manga of the same name by Koichi Endo. The screenwriter is Hiroshi Hashimoto who is known for '' Thermae Romae 2'' (2014) and '' Flying Colors'' (2015). Satoshi Ohno, who is a member of the Japan ...

'' (2014) – 1 episode *''Yo ni mo Kimyô na Monogatari: Eiga kantoku-hen'' (2015) *''Magamoto'' (2016) – 8-part miniseries *''Remote de Korosareru'' (2020) *''Kyoufu Shinbun'' (2020) *''The Days'' (2023) – with Masaki Nishiura

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