111 mins |
Rated
R16 (Violence)
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Starring Kôji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa
Playing as part of Academy's Japanese Director Showcase July 15-31.
Released to critical acclaim in both the East and the West, and described as one of the greatest films of all time by Bong Joon-ho (PARASITE, SNOWPIERCER), CURE was a breakthrough film for director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, a nerve shredding thriller about the hunt for a serial killer in a bleak and decaying Tokyo.
A series of murders have been committed by ordinary people who claim to have had no control over their horrifying actions. Following the only link a mysterious stranger who had brief contact with each perpetrator and their victim detective Kenichi Takabe ( Kôji Yakusho, 13 ASSASSINS, TOKYO SONATA) places his own sanity on the line as he tries to end the wave of inexplicable terror.
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Playing as part of Academy's Japanese Director Showcase July 15-31.
Released to critical acclaim in both the East and the West, and described as one of the greatest films of all time by Bong Joon-ho (PARASITE, SNOWPIERCER), CURE was a breakthrough film for director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, a nerve shredding thriller about the hunt for a serial killer in a bleak and decaying Tokyo.
A series of murders have been committed by ordinary people who claim to have had no control over their horrifying actions. Following the only link a mysterious stranger who had brief contact with each perpetrator and their victim detective Kenichi Takabe ( Kôji Yakusho, 13 ASSASSINS, TOKYO SONATA) places his own sanity on the line as he tries to end the wave of inexplicable terror.