Cure 4K Ultra HD (UHD)

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

1997 Japan

Horror Crime Mystery

#181

£24.99

Available: 27/01/2025

TECHNICAL DETAILS

TECHNICAL DETAILS
  • Country: Japan
  • Language: Japanese
  • Year: 1997
  • Runtime: 111
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Colour: Colour
  • Certificate: 15
  • Subtitles: Optional English Subtitles
  • Genre: Horror
  • SKU: EKA70557
  • 1 Disc
  • Release Date: Jan 27, 2025
Format:
Region: Region-Free

SYNOPSIS

A landmark in the history of Japanese cinema, Cure was the breakthrough film for director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who would go on to make several further modern masterpieces in PulseCreepy and Tokyo Sonata. Released to critical acclaim in both the East and the West, this nerve-shredding thriller charts the hunt for a depraved 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 actions, many of them having killed friends, co-workers or even their spouse. There are only two links between each crime: an X carved into the neck of each victim, and a mysterious stranger who seems to have had brief contact with the perpetrator a short period of time before each killing. But to follow these leads and end a seemingly inexplicable wave of terror, police detective Kenichi Takabe (Koji Yakusho13 Assassins) will need to put his own sanity on the line and endure a descent into hell.

Described as one of the greatest films of all time by Bong Joon-ho, the filmmaker behind Memories of MurderThe HostSnowpiercer and ParasiteCure is a cerebral and deeply unsettling hybrid of police procedural, serial killer film and horror movie to stand with The Silence of the Lambs and Seven. Having given the film its UK Blu-ray premiere in 2018, the Masters of Cinema series is now proud to present the film on 4K UHD.

SPECIAL FEATURES

  • Limited edition of 2000 copies
  • Limited edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Time Tomorrow
  • 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation from a 4K digital restoration, presented in Dolby Vision HDR
  • Uncompressed original Japanese stereo soundtrack
  • New interview with Academy Award winning director Bong Joon-ho (Parasite, The Host)
  • Two archival interviews with director Kiyoshi Kurosawa from 2003 and 2018
  • Kim Newman on Cure – Interview with critic and author Kim Newman
  • Trailers
  • A collector’s booklet featuring essays on Cure by Tom Mes

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