Cure

Name: Cure
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Released: 1997
Rating: 79.84125
Cast: Koji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa, Yukijiro Hotaru

1997·Movie

1h 52min

Ratings

79/100

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7.5

70|7.5

94|85

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About

Madness. Terror. Murder.

A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.

DNA

Genres: Surreal Drama Dystopian Psychological Thriller
Mood: DarkAnxiousSomberThought-ProvokingSurrealUnnervingDisturbingIntense
Themes: Click below to reveal spoilers
Loss Of InnocenceThe Human ConditionIdentity CrisisPsychological TraumaIsolationSociety's ExpectationsMan Vs. Self
Plot: Click below to reveal spoilers
Memory ManipulationIdentity ConfusionParanoiaExistential DreadInstitutionalizationUnreliable NarratorMind Control ExperimentsUncovering Repressed Memories
Pacing: UnpredictableSlow Burn
Narrative: Nonlinear NarrativeFlashbacksReal-Time Narrative
Dialog: Inner MonologuePoetic Language
Character Types: InnocentAnti-HeroEveryman
Time: 1990sTimeless Setting
Place: Urban CityscapeHospitalSurreal Environments
Cinematic Style: Surreal ImageryLong TakesHandheld Camera WorkDark Palette
Costume and Set: Modern AttireClinical Settings

Sequels and Prequels

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Crew

Directed by:

Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Tokushô Kikumura

Written by:

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Produced by:

Satoshi Kanno, Tsutomu Tsuchikawa, Tetsuya Ikeda

Composed by:

Gary Ashiya

Cast

Koji Yakusho

Kenichi Takabe

Masato Hagiwara

Kunio Mamiya

Tsuyoshi Ujiki

Makoto Sakuma

Anna Nakagawa

Fumie Takabe

Yukijiro Hotaru

Ichiro Kuwano

Yoriko Doguchi

Dr. Akiko Miyajima

Denden

OIda

Ren Osugi

Fujiwara

Masahiro Toda

Tôru Hanaoka

Misayo Haruki

Tomoko Hanaoka

Shun Nakayama

Kimura

Akira Otaka

Yasukawa

Shôgo Suzuki

Tamura

Hajime Tanimoto

Takabe's superior

Tarō Suwa

Taijirō Tamura

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