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Cure

Name: Cure
Genre: mystery, horror, crime, thriller
Released: 1997-12-27
Duration: 1 h 51 min

1997 · NR · 1h 51m · Japanese

Madness. Terror. Murder.

Release & where to watch

In theaters: June 3, 2001

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A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.

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Genres

mysteryhorrorcrimethriller

Details

Budget$20,000

Box office$234,821

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Starring

Koji Yakusho as Kenichi Takabe · Masato Hagiwara as Kunio Mamiya · Tsuyoshi Ujiki as Makoto Sakuma · Anna Nakagawa as Fumie Takabe · Yukijiro Hotaru as Ichiro Kuwano · Yoriko Doguchi as Dr. Akiko Miyajima · Denden as OIda · Ren Osugi as Fujiwara