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Jul 8, 2001 · Cure: Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. With Koji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa. A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.
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- Crime, Horror, Mystery
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- 2001-07-08
Cure (キュア, Kyua) is a 1997 Japanese neo-noir psychological horror film written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, starring Kōji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki and Anna Nakagawa.
Nov 8, 2022 · Kiyoshi Kurosawa ’s 1997 film “Cure,” whose 4K restoration version was released in South Korean theaters this July and distributed by the Criterion Collection several months later, is an unnerving, creepy masterwork that will haunt you in more than one way.
The ending of Cure leaves many viewers scratching their heads, as it is deliberately ambiguous and open to interpretation. In the final scene, Takabe confronts Mamiya in an abandoned building, where he discovers that Mamiya has the ability to manipulate people into committing acts of violence.
Cure. Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s arresting international breakthrough established him as one of the leaders of an emerging new wave of Japanese horror while pushing the genre into uncharted realms of philosophical and existential exploration.
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"Cure" is part atmospheric crime film and part philosophical meditation. Detective Takabe (Koji Yakusho) is tracking a series of identical murders, committed under the same bizarre...
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- Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
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Oct 18, 2022 · Committed by different people, the killings in Cure are linked only by slashes in the shape of an X across the neck of each corpse. The film hints that long-festering resentments figured in the background of at least two of the crimes.
