Cure [Kyua] (Blu-ray)

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Stars: Kôji Yakusho

1997 Japan

Horror Crime Mystery

#181

£14.99

TECHNICAL DETAILS

TECHNICAL DETAILS
  • Country: Japan
  • Language: Japanese
  • Year: 1997
  • Runtime: 111
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Colour: Colour
  • Certificate: 15
  • Subtitles: English (optional)
  • Genre: Horror
  • SKU: EKA70272
  • 1 Disc
  • Release Date: Apr 23, 2018
Format:
Region: B

SYNOPSIS

Released to critical acclaim in both the East and the West, 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 (Koji Yakusho, Tokyo Sonata, 13 Assassins) places his own sanity on the line as he tries to end the wave of inexplicable terror.

Described as one of the greatest films of all time by Bong Joon-ho (The Host, Snowpiercer), Cure is a deeply unsettling masterpiece of its genre, and has shockingly been unavailable on home video in the UK until now. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Cure in a blu-ray edition.

SPECIAL FEATURES

  • Original Japanese Stereo audio (Uncompressed LPCM on the Blu-ray)
  • Optional English subtitles
  • Kiyoshi Kurosawa on Cure (17 mins) - a new video interview with director Kiyoshi Kurosawa
  • A new video interview with critic & author Kim Newman
  • An archival interview with director Kiyoshi Kurosawa
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • A 24-PAGE booklet featuring an essay by Asian cinema expert Tom Mes

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