As the 1960s were coming to an end, Japanese studios such as Nikkatsu found themselves nearly bankrupt. Founded in 1912, the studio had been the starting point...
Tag - Hideo Nakata
As I have said many times in the past, in my book, J-horror is dead, and the 2010s entries in the “Ring” franchise (“Sadako 3D”...
A curated programme of Japanese films called “Kinetic Visions: The Students of Hasumi Shigehiko” will be screening at the University of Chicago...
Acclaimed Japanese Horror director Hideo Nakata (“Dark Water“, “Ringu“) has completed production on his most recent production...
“Why were you the only one saved?” Although this might sound like an exaggeration, but the way, especially Western audiences view Japanese, or indeed...
[The following essay contains major spoilers.] “I firmly believe a very Japanese film that is different from others can easily cross borders.”(Hideo...
As part of their line-up for March 2019 Arrow Video will be releasing the “Ring”-movies – Hideo Nakata's original along with the two sequels...
Hideo Nakata, having directed both this one and The Ring, established himself as the most commercially successful filmmaker of J-Horror. “Dark...