Cure (1997)

Cure (1997)

A series of mysterious murders leads a detective to a former psychological student

The Very Best

9.2

Movie

Japan
Japanese
Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
1997
KIYOSHI KUROSAWA
Akira Otaka, Anna Nakagawa, Denden
111 min

What it's about

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...

The take

Cure is about a mad society, where both cure and sickness might be one and the same. Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa subverts the police procedural into an interrogation without definite answers, an abstract study on the evil that resides and is suppressed in every person’s heart. Unlike most horror films, Cure’s scares are left in plain sight, hypnotically mesmerizing as they are gruesome, with a sense of mundanity associated with other Japanese masters like Ozu or Kore-eda. “At the time it just seemed the right thing to do,” a man answers when asked why he killed his wife, and it is this contradictorily calm, nonchalant demeanor that creates a feeling of unease in the film’s horror aesthetic.

Active Streaming Deals

$50 Off DirecTV Stream

$74.99

$64.99

Active Streaming Deals

69% Off NordVPN + 3 months Free

$14.99

$4.99

Active Streaming Deals

50% Off Sling

$40

$20

Active Streaming Deals

49% Off ExpressVPN

$12.95

$6.67

Comments

Add a comment

What did you think? Who should watch it?

UP NEXT 

UP NEXT 

UP NEXT 

Frybread Face and Me (2023)

A gorgeous and tender coming-of-age addition to the Indigenous New Wave

8.0

Nightmare Alley (2021)

A psychological thriller of the highest quality, masked as an adult fairytale, by the great Guillermo del Toro

9.0

Like Someone in Love (2012)

A Japanese drama that shows comfort can be found everywhere, including in a stranger's house

7.9

2046 (2004)

The inventive sequel to In the Mood for Love

7.7

One Cut of the Dead (2017)

A one-of-a-kind Japanese zombie comedy that takes the genre to another dimension

7.8

Departures (Okuribito) (2008)

An elegant and sentimental film about a reluctant cellist becoming a mortician.

9.0

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

A one-of-a-kind biopic that captures a truly disturbed mindset with impeccable filmmaking

7.9

The Woman Who Left (2016)

A Golden Lion-winning moralistic tale from slow cinema master Lav Diaz

7.4

The Village (2023)

The past haunts the present in this tale of loss and preservation of a village

6.7

Hyenas (1992)

A striking Senegalese film adapted from a Swiss-German tragicomedy, Hyenas is a haunting journey into the depths of human greed and moral decay

8.4

Curated by humans, not algorithms.

agmtw logo

© 2023 agoodmovietowatch, all rights reserved.