Cure 4K 1997 Ultra HD 2160p

Storyline
A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe and psychologist Sakuma are called in to figure out the connection, but their investigation goes nowhere. An odd young man is arrested near the scene of the latest murder, who has a strange effect on everyone who comes into contact with him. Detective Takabe starts a series of interrogations to determine the man's connection with the killings.

User Review
The movie is extremely tense, but at the same time it is shot in a slow, soporific, melancholic rhythm. Nothing seems to be happening, the plot is developing, but we are not witnesses to it, it seems that you even fall asleep, but the horror penetrates to the bones, and at the end you shiver just from the appearance of a man. The suspense is imperceptible and unstoppable. Throughout the movie you hear sounds, the nature of which is not always clear, and then we are not sure what we hear or see. The characteristic angle of filming - from behind a doorway - makes you feel uncomfortable, as if someone is standing there. Or when the hero is looking into something that is not shown to us..... And of course shadows - the director manages to work with them in such a way that some indelible impressions remain after the movie.

The film is hypnotizing and even if you fall asleep, in some scenes you feel inexplicable fear, to which you yourself are surprised: 'After all, nothing is happening.' A lot is hidden in the frame - even plot elements can be missed, not to mention more subtle things. The last shots before the credits are particularly characteristic.

Characters in the movie change and behave inexplicably when faced with the inexplicable. Some cannot find the reason for the murders, and some are lost if they simply realize themselves at a particular point, disconnected from the previous and subsequent moment.

What is 'Healing' after all? A reinterpretation of Dr. Mesmer's teachings in a non-trivial way? Maybe just a satire on society? Or some kind of wild metaphor of healing in a sense of metaphysical healing that defies conventional interpretations?

The movie is very dark and powerful. But where is that power directed? I would have liked to see a glimmer of hope in the movie, that healing, but I think Kiyoshi Kurosawa left nothing of the sort here.

Info Video

Codec: HEVC / H.265 (71.5 Mb/s)
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1

Info Audio

#Japanese: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
#Japanese: FLAC 2.0
#Japanese: FLAC 2.0 (Commentary with film directors Mari Asato & Takeo Kikuchi and writer Hiroshi Takahashi)

Info Subtitles

English, French, Spanish (Castilian).