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Cure (1997)

111 min  -  Crime | Horror | Mystery  -   8 July 2001 (USA)
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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... See full summary »

Director:

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Writers:

Kiyoshi Kurosawa (novel), Kiyoshi Kurosawa (screenplay)
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Cure -- A different person has confessed to each of the serial killings in which an X has been cut into the throats of the victims, but none of them can explain their motives. No connection between them is found until the appearance of a strange young man...
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kôji Yakusho ...
Kenichi Takabe
Masato Hagiwara Masato Hagiwara ...
Kunio Mamiya
Tsuyoshi Ujiki Tsuyoshi Ujiki ...
Makoto Sakuma
Anna Nakagawa Anna Nakagawa ...
Fumie Takabe
Yoriko Dôguchi Yoriko Dôguchi ...
Dr. Akiko Miyajima
Yukijirô Hotaru Yukijirô Hotaru ...
Ichiro Kuwano
Denden Denden ...
Oida
Ren Ohsugi Ren Ohsugi ...
Fujiwara
Masahiro Toda Masahiro Toda ...
Tôru Hanaoka
Misayo Haruki Misayo Haruki ...
Tomoko Hanaoka
Shun Nakayama Shun Nakayama ...
Kimura
Akira Otaka Akira Otaka ...
Yasukawa
Shôgo Suzuki Shôgo Suzuki ...
Tamura
Toshi Kato Toshi Kato ...
Psychiatrist
Hajime Tanimoto Hajime Tanimoto ...
Takabe no shachô
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Storyline

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. An odd young man is arrested near the scene of the latest murder, who has a strange effect on everyone who comes into contact with him. Detective Takabe starts a series of interrogations to determine the man's connection with the killings. Written by Todd K. Bowman <tkbowman@aol.com>  

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Genres:

Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

A Cura See more »

Box Office

Budget:

¥1,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$94,596 (USA) (9 December 2001)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Code Red, Daiei Studios See more »
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Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Goofs

Revealing mistakes: In Japan, they drive on the left side of the road and the steering wheel is on the right side of the car. In every scene in this picture that's the case - except one. When the detective leaves in his car to go to the hospital because Mimiya has turned up there, the steering wheel is on the left and he drives on the right side of the road. See more »

Connections

References The Silence of the Lambs (1991) See more »