Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa • 1997 • Japan
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. Detective Takabe finds no clues to the connection between them until he encounters a strange young man...
In this new video essay, filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe (78/52, LYNCH/OZ) delves into the delves into the dread-inducing mood and tone of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s modern horror classic CURE, deploying a dizzing range of cinematic references to unravel the film’s eerie magic.
