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...What Japanese horror master Hideo Nakata did for TV sets in his 1998 blockbuster The Ring, he does for drippy faucets in his latest film Dark Water, a tale of urban anxiety, domestic agony and spookily bad plumbing. Stressed-out single mother Yoshimi Matsubara (Hitomi Kuroki) and her five-year-old daughter, Ikuko (Rio Kanno) move into an apartment building with a serious humidity problem and a demonic elevator on loan from Poltergeist. They stick around even after a sinister water stain begins expanding on the ceiling and they learn that their building was once inhabited by a young girl...
...Then there's the suave Hidetoshi Nakata, who plays in Italy's Serie A league. Other Japanese players have gained overseas exposure, and that seasoning is a factor in their Cup success. But Nakata is the team's reigning International Man of Mystery. He carries himself as coolly as a Milan runway model and betrays barely an emotion, even after scoring a goal as he did against Tunisia on Friday when his header deflected off the goalkeeper's shoe and trickled into the net. His outward calm hides an inner fire. "I desperately wanted to score a goal," says Nakata...
...despair of battle, we have to affirm that no, football is not war. Rather, it is a game of uncommon, life-affirming beauty. When Christian Vieri takes the ball at pace on the outside of his left foot and drives it home with exquisite precision, or when Hidetoshi Nakata dribbles past five defenders and launches a perfect cross that leaves the opposition's entire back line flat-footed, we see in a glorious instant the wondrous capabilities of the world's finest athletes. The game, we are reminded, is an act of creation, not destruction...
...Japanese football, and the national team has progressed impressively under famed French coach Philippe "the White Witch Doctor" Troussier. In a recent friendly, Japan beat Poland. Shinji Ono, who transferred from the J. League to Holland's Feyenoord, is a hugely promising young talent, and AC Parma midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata is world-class. The team will need others to step up, though, if they are to beat Belgium or Russia in the first round. The Belgians and Russians aren't flashy but they're hard as nails. South Korea has a big-time coach in Dutchman Guus Hiddink, yet none...
...Akinori Nishizawa, 25, on a 10-month loan. Across the North Sea, Urawa Reds' midfielder Shinji Ono, 21, signed a reported $4 million deal with first division Dutch side Feyenoord. In Italy, A.C. Parma paid league champion A.S. Roma a cool $26 million for the services of Hidetoshi Nakata; the 24-year-old midfielder, now firmly established in Italian football, previously played for Perugia. Although sorry to see their favorites go, Japanese fans are proud of what the exodus represents. "Japanese football is entering a new era," crows Takehiko Ito, managing editor of Tokyo's weekly Soccer Magazine. Arsenal...