Hideo Nakata
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Hideo Nakata is a Japanese film director best known for pioneering modern J-horror with his influential Ring series and other atmospheric supernatural thrillers.
All labels observed (1)
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| Hideo Nakata canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23389144 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hideo Nakata Context triple: [The Ring Two, director, Hideo Nakata]
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A.
Takashi Miike
Takashi Miike is a prolific and controversial Japanese film director known for his ultra-violent, genre-bending movies such as "Audition," "Ichi the Killer," and "13 Assassins."
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B.
Ryo-Ohki
Ryo-Ohki is a cute, cabbit-like creature from the Tenchi Muyo! series who can transform into a powerful spaceship and serves as Ryoko’s loyal companion.
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C.
Toshirō Obata
Toshirō Obata is a Japanese martial artist, swordsman, and actor known for his roles in American action films and for founding the Shinkendo school of Japanese swordsmanship.
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D.
Gedde Watanabe
Gedde Watanabe is an American character actor and comedian best known for his roles in films like "Sixteen Candles" and for voicing Ling in Disney's "Mulan."
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E.
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Hiroshi Teshigahara was an influential Japanese film director and avant-garde artist best known internationally for his surreal, visually striking works such as "Woman in the Dunes."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hideo Nakata Target entity description: Hideo Nakata is a Japanese film director best known for pioneering modern J-horror with his influential Ring series and other atmospheric supernatural thrillers.
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A.
Takashi Miike
Takashi Miike is a prolific and controversial Japanese film director known for his ultra-violent, genre-bending movies such as "Audition," "Ichi the Killer," and "13 Assassins."
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B.
Ryo-Ohki
Ryo-Ohki is a cute, cabbit-like creature from the Tenchi Muyo! series who can transform into a powerful spaceship and serves as Ryoko’s loyal companion.
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C.
Toshirō Obata
Toshirō Obata is a Japanese martial artist, swordsman, and actor known for his roles in American action films and for founding the Shinkendo school of Japanese swordsmanship.
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D.
Gedde Watanabe
Gedde Watanabe is an American character actor and comedian best known for his roles in films like "Sixteen Candles" and for voicing Ling in Disney's "Mulan."
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E.
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Hiroshi Teshigahara was an influential Japanese film director and avant-garde artist best known internationally for his surreal, visually striking works such as "Woman in the Dunes."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.