A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.
Direction
Kurosawa's deadpan horror redefines slow-burn
Sound
That water drip will haunt your nightmares
Acting
Yakusho's unraveling is masterclass in restraint
Director
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Japan's 'lost decade,' Cure mirrors national anxieties about institutional collapse and directionless violence.
Kurosawa shot the hypnotism scenes without musical score, making actors rely entirely on his whispered directions—some genuinely didn't know what would happen next.
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