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Cure (1997)
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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Overview
A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe and psychologist Sakuma are called in to figure out the connection, but their investigation goes nowhere…
Rated NR | Length 111 minutes
Actors
Koji Yakusho | Masato Hagiwara | Tsuyoshi Ujiki | Anna Nakagawa | Yukijiro Hotaru | Yoriko Dôguchi | Denden | Ren Osugi | Masahiro Toda | Misayo Haruki | Shun Nakayama | Akira Otaka | Shôgo Suzuki | Toshi Kato | Hajime Tanimoto | Taro Suwa | Takeshi Mikami | Makoto Kakeda | Taijiro Tamura | Makoto Togashi
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/20/2024 | Home Theater | Blu-ray | Owned | 9 stars |
| 03/11/2006 | TV | DVD | Rented | 7 stars |
| (Average) 8 stars |
Viewing Notes
I tried to watch this earlier in the week but was too tired to pay attention; and this is a movie that requires your attention. It’s such an odd, hypnotic movie (no pun intended) with some great shot compositions where the criminal acts often play out in front of a static medium shot, which is more horrific for its observational style. I still feel this film is a critique of the isolation and over-emphasis on work in Japanese urban society at the time, which is probably just as prescient now as it was then.
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