Nakata Hideo
NAKATA Hideo (1961, Japan) is a Japanese filmmaker. He is best known as one of the founders of so-called J-Horror, as director of the films Ring and Ring 2 and the American remake The Ring Two. Nakata made his initial breakthrough into film with Ghost Actress a.k.a. Don’t Look Up (1996). In addition, he has made TV series, documentaries and features outside the horror genre.
Filmography
Curse, Death & Spirit (1992), Don’t Look Up (1996), Joyuu rei/The Ghost Actress (1996), Ansatsu no machi II/City of Assassination (1997), Ring (1998), Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names (1998), Ring 2 (1999), Sleeping Bride (1999), Take It (2000), Chaos (2000), Dark Water (2002), The Ring Two (2005), Kaidan (2007), L: Change the World (2008), Foreign Filmmakers’ Guide to Hollywood (2009), Chatroom (2010), The Incite Mill (2010), The Complex (2013), Life After 3.11 (2013), Monsterz (2014), Words With Gods (2014), Ghost Theater (2015), Somewhere in Kakamura (2016), White Lily (2016), Life in Overtime (2018), Stolen Identity (2018), The Woman Who Keeps a Murderer (2019), Sadako (2019), Stigmatized Properties (2020), Stolen Identity 2 (2020), Usogui: Lie Eater (2022), It’s in the Woods (2022), The Forbidden Play (2023), Stolen Identity: Final Hacking Game (2024), Fushigi Dagashiya Zenitendō (2024), Stigmatized Properties: Possession (2025)
Nakata Hideo op IFFR
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Female Teacher: Forbidden Sex
Nakata Hideo | 84' | Japan | No premiere
Ring director Nakata Hideo’s directorial debut is a steamy tale of love in school corridors. -
Ring
Nakata Hideo | 95' | Japan | -
Huge hit from Japan, this horror film brought about a big wave of genre films. A videotape that gets passed around from hand to hand… -
The Complex
Nakata Hideo | 106' | Japan | World premiere
The horror master of Ring leaves Hollywood and goes back to his roots. Back to Japan and the now classic J-horror which he invented. Sweet…