Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Merging psychological dread with existential inquiry, the films of Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa use genre trappings to probe the alienation and anxiety underpinning modern life. Quivering with whisper-quiet unease that gathers with slow-burn intensity, the J-horror touchstones CURE and PULSE are indelibly disturbing visions of psychic disintegration and technological contagion, while thrillers like SERPENT’S PATH and CLOUD blend gripping suspense with incisive social commentary. And in sui generis dramas like BRIGHT FUTURE and TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, Kurosawa brings his keen-eyed formalism to stories of characters cast adrift in an increasingly uncertain world.