Cure
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.
- Muhammad SalmanMarch 6, 2026Cure pulls off ambiguity so damn well. And it's not just the ending that's ambiguous; it’s baked into the whole film. It's a complex film that reveals something new every re-watch. Every theory I read online was different from the last one and left me with a new perspective on it. Even if you think you’ve got Cure all figured out on the first watch, I would still highly recommend checking out other people's interpretations of it online. Everyone takes something different out of it.
- LivewireAdminOctober 14, 2025Holy sh*t. I'm gonna need to watch this one again before fully forming my thoughts but I can't remember the last time I saw a movie that had me thinking this hard about it after the credits rolled. I love a good psychological thriller but when you combine that with a murder mystery? That's like crack to me. Also, I had no idea that this director made "Sweet Home" which inspired the Resident Evil video game franchise! letterboxd: FilmPhanPA
Cure Trivia
Cure was released on December 27, 1997.
Cure was directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
Cure has a runtime of 1h 51m.
Cure was produced by Tetsuya Ikeda, Satoshi Kanno, Atsuyuki Shimoda, Tsutomu Tsuchikawa.
A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.
The key characters in Cure are Kenichi Takabe (Koji Yakusho), Kunio Mamiya (Masato Hagiwara), Makoto Sakuma (Tsuyoshi Ujiki).
Cure is rated Not Rated.
Cure is a Horror, Crime, Mystery film.
Cure has an audience rating of 8.5 out of 10.
Cure had a budget of $20,000.
Cure has made $235K at the box office.