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Actors: Koji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Ren Osugi
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Cure |
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CURE (Kyua) is a movie written and directed by the Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa in 1997.
Inspector Takabe must investigate a batch of bloody murders that have some elements in common. All the murderers have been arrested but they don't remember their crime. Soon Takabe is convinced that each one of them has been hypnotized and conduced to kill.
Meanwhile, we make the acquaintance of Kunio Mamiya, a student in psychology who's been long obsessed by the studies of Mesmer, the scientist who discovered hypnosis at the end of the 19th century. Now, Mamiya suffers from amnesia and roams in the city. He hypnotizes the people he meets and makes them kill the person they unconsciously hate.
After Mamiya's arrest, Takabe will lengthily interrogate him with the help of the psychiatrist Sakuma. But Mamiya is still very dangerous and manages to manipulate both inquisitors.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Cure |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- Killer POV story
Brain/Body not working?
- amnesia
Battle with shrink/bum?
- battle with a psychiatrist
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- student
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- physically sick
Setting
Asia/Pacific/Middle East
Yes
Asian country:
- Japan
City?
Yes
City:
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
Misc setting
- mental hospital
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Japanese
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Is this movie based on a
- book
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