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Cure

DVD • December 27, 1997 • 1h 51m • Budget $20,000 • Box Office $99,000

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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 ... More

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Original Title:	キュア
Other Titles:	キュア - Cure, Kyua, CURE
Sub Genres:	hotel, record player, stranger, tokyo japan, psychosis, interrogation, mental hospital, japanese film, personality disorder, hypnotism, interview, hallucination, japan, amnesia, monkey, investigation, prostitute, murder, neo noir, serial killer, based on novel or book
Release Date:	Theatre 12/27/1997, Digital 02/01/2000, DVD 04/23/2018, Theatre US 10/01/2021
Language:	JA
Box Office:	$99,000 (Foreign)
Director:	Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Type:	Movie
Links:	IMDB, TMDB, WIKIEN

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June 25, 2021 - by Dugong

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akhir akhir ini (bulan juni) sebenernya aku males nonton film karena aku... males. tapi sejak kemaren nonton a better tomorrow ii demi chow yun-fat aku kembali full force rajin nonton film walaupun ndak bisa 5 film sehari kek suhu-suhu di sini. jadi gini, aku kan kenalan pertama kali sama filmnya pak kiyoshi kurosawa ini kan melalui pulse ya, yang kek ringu tapi lewat internet dial up dan hantunya tuh bukan samara melainkan netizen yang budiman. yang buat aku klop sama film pulse tuh atmosfernya yang bleak (coklat-coklat kek stalker, btw aku cuma inget stalker tuh wernane coklat-coklat read more

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August 30, 2021 - by psychopik

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i love the way this movie feels. texture like sanding paper slowly being wiped across a rotting piece of wood. i'll always be impressed by the amount of restraint japanese cinema is capable of. definitely something i try to implement to parts of my own life. on the other hand in terms of my quest for the ideal movie i'm probably more in tune with visual excess and high concept cinema. i expected there to be more of an unravelling of threads, which just became more and more unlikely as it went on. what i'm saying is that this movie is great and i'm glad i finally got around to it, but it's not... read more

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