#1155: KUROSAWA, Kiyoshi: Cure (1997)
KUROSAWA, Kiyoshi (Japan)
Cure [1997]
Director/Writers
Cure [1997]
Spine #1155
Blu-ray
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. A string of shocking, seemingly unmotivated murders—each committed by a different person yet all bearing the same grisly hallmarks—leads Detective Takabe (Koji Yakusho) into a labyrinthine investigation to discover what connects them, and into a disturbing game of cat and mouse with an enigmatic amnesiac (Masato Hagiwara) who may be evil incarnate. Awash in hushed, hypnotic dread, Cure is a tour de force of psychological tension and a hallucinatory journey into the darkest recesses of the human mind.
111 minutes
Color
Stereo
in Japanese
1:85:1
Criterion Release 2022
Color
Stereo
in Japanese
1:85:1
Criterion Release 2022
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Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Twelve-page wraparound featuring an essay by critic Chris Fujiwara.
Commentary
None.
Conversation
Between director Kurosawa and filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
Interviews
With actors Hagiwara and Yakusho.
Interview
From 2003 with Kurosawa.
Trailers and teaser
Extras Rating (0-40):
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Twelve-page wraparound featuring an essay by critic Chris Fujiwara.
Commentary
None.
Conversation
Between director Kurosawa and filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
Interviews
With actors Hagiwara and Yakusho.
Interview
From 2003 with Kurosawa.
Trailers and teaser
Extras Rating (0-40):
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