Synopsis
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...
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Cast
- Koji YakushoKenichi Takabe
- Masato HagiwaraKunio Mamiya
- Tsuyoshi UjikiMakoto Sakuma
- Anna NakagawaFumie Takabe
- Yukijiro HotaruIchiro Kuwano
- Yoriko DoguchiDr. Akiko Miyajima
- DendenOIda
- Ren OsugiFujiwara
- Masahiro TodaTôru Hanaoka
- Misayo HarukiTomoko Hanaoka
Recommendations
- 80
Village Voice
Cure has a generic resemblance to "Seven," but it's far more oblique, and that much more troubling. - 80
Los Angeles Times
With its gift for infusing uneasiness into every frame, Kurosawa's moody, unnerving film continues to spook us even after the lights have gone on. - 80
Slate
Transcends its murkiness and eats into the mind. Cure is what ails you. - 75
Chicago Tribune
What is most impressive about Kurosawa's direction is how he uses the entire frame, complete with expository background action, to fill in the story blanks. His eagerness to suggest, rather than declare, marks him as a director with confidence to spare. - 70
TV Guide Magazine
The result is somewhat confounding, but utterly spellbinding. - 70
New Times (L.A.)
The movie is not always satisfying as a standard thriller, nor is it always clear; but it's never dull, either, and it displays a sensibility so weird as to be its own recommendation. - 70
The New York Times
The final scene is a piece of cunning visual wit that makes you realize how artful and sneaky Cure, has been beneath its clinical, deadpan surface. - 67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Clearly, this film is less than a suspense masterpiece. Its violence is often gratuitous.
