It's unsatisfying as a story precisely because it aspires to create a mounting sense of dread by enlarging questions rather than answering them.
Cure
Madness. Terror. Murder.
1997 · 1h 51m · Not Rated
Crime, Horror, Mystery
Directed by
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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Cure
Overview
A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.
Director and cast
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa Director
- Koji Yakusho as Kenichi Takabe
- Masato Hagiwara as Kunio Mamiya
- Tsuyoshi Ujiki as Makoto Sakuma
- Anna Nakagawa as Fumie Takabe
- Yukijiro Hotaru as Ichiro Kuwano
- Yoriko Doguchi as Dr. Akiko Miyajima
- Denden as OIda
- Ren Osugi as Fujiwara
- Masahiro Toda as Tôru Hanaoka
- Misayo Haruki as Tomoko Hanaoka
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Tone and atmosphere mirror subject to perfection in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's hypnotic trip into the lower depths of the human mind.
Tough to shake even when it feels more like an exercise than a movie.
A fascinating artifact as well as a most engrossing thriller.
Cure has a cumulative power of horror which even seasoned filmgoers will not be able to resist.
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