is a Japanese

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Life and career

Nakata was born in

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

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films such as '' Ring'' (1998), ''

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'' (1999) and '' Dark Water'' (2002). Several of these were remade in English as '' The Ring'' (2002), '' Dark Water'' (2005), and ''

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''. Nakata was scheduled to make his English-language debut with ''True Believers'', but later pulled out. He was later offered by DreamWorks 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'' (2000); ''Curse, Death and Spirit''; and '' Chaos'' (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

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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

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Filmography

Film

*'' Curse, Death & Spirit'' (1992) *'' Don't Look Up'' (1996) – also writer (story) *'' Ring'' (1998) *''Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names'' (1998) *''

'' (1999) *'' Sleeping Bride'' (1999) *''Take It'' (2000) *'' Chaos'' (2000) *'' Dark Water'' (2002) *''

'' (2005) *'' Kaidan'' (2007) *'' L: Change the World'' (2008) *''Foreign Filmmakers' Guide to Hollywood'' (2009) *''

'' (2010) *'' The Incite Mill'' (2010) *'' The Complex'' (2013) *''Life After 3.11'' (2013) *'' Monsterz'' (2014) *'' Words With Gods'' (2014) – segment "Sufferings" *''

Ghost Theater is a 2015 Japanese horror film directed by Hideo Nakata and a remake of ''Don't Look Up'' (1996). It was released on November 21, 2015. In May 2018, an anthology series based on the film was released in the United States on Toku. Synopsis Sara ...

'' (2015) *''Somewhere in Kakamura'' (2016 short) *'' White Lily'' (2016) *''Life in Overtime'' (2018) *''Stolen Identity'' (2018) *''The Woman Who Keeps a Murderer'' (2019) *'' Sadako'' (2019) *''Stigmatized Properties'' (2020) *'' Usogui'' (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 Japa ...

'' (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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