Cure (film)
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| Directed by | Kiyoshi Kurosawa |
| Produced by |
Junyuki Shimoba Tsutomu Tsuchikawa |
| Written by | Kiyoshi Kurosawa |
| Starring |
Koji Yakusho Tsuyoshi Ujiki Anna Nakagawa Masato Hagiwara |
| Cinematography | Noriaki Kikumura |
| Edited by | Kan Suzuki |
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Release date
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1997 |
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Running time
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110 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Cure (キュア Kyua?) is a 1997 Japanese psychological thriller film with elements of horror and film noir written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, starring Koji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki and Anna Nakagawa. The film was released to strong critical acclaim in both the East and the West, with critics praising Kurosawa's direction as well as the visuals and atmosphere. In 2012, South Korean film director Bong Joon-ho listed the film as one of the greatest films of all time.
Kenichi Takabe (Koji Yakusho) is an emotionally repressed police detective with a mentally unstable wife. Takabe investigates a series of bizarre murders. Though each victim is killed in the same way, with a large "X" carved into their neck, the perpetrator is different each time. In every case the murderers are caught close to the scene of the crime, and although they readily confess to committing the crimes, they never have a substantial motive and cannot explain what drove them to kill.
Takabe, together with a psychologist named Sakuma (Tsuyoshi Ujiki), eventually determines that one man is the common thread among the murders, as each person he comes in contact with commits a killing shortly thereafter. The man, called Mamiya (Masato Hagiwara), appears to have extreme short-term memory loss; he seems constantly confused about what day it is, where he is, and what his name is. He claims to recall nothing of his past. The investigation comes to a block as Mamiya possesses no memories of his past and constantly counters Takabe's interrogation with evasive questions regarding Takabe's identity. This drives Takabe nearly insane as he gradually loses his initial calmness. The futility of the case starts to affect Takabe's psyche as he becomes more and more volatile, exploding into violent fits of anger from time to time.
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