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Cure

Cure

Madness. Terror. Murder.

1997•1h 52m•7.5/10
CrimeThrillerHorrorMystery

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7.5/10(735)

A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.

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Production

Daiei Film, Twins Japan

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Cast

Koji Yakusho

Koji Yakusho

Kenichi Takabe

Masato Hagiwara

Masato Hagiwara

Kunio Mamiya

Tsuyoshi Ujiki

Tsuyoshi Ujiki

Makoto Sakuma

Anna Nakagawa

Anna Nakagawa

Fumie Takabe

Yukijiro Hotaru

Yukijiro Hotaru

Ichiro Kuwano

Yoriko Doguchi

Yoriko Doguchi

Dr. Akiko Miyajima

Denden

Denden

OIda

Ren Osugi

Ren Osugi

Fujiwara

Masahiro Toda

Masahiro Toda

Tôru Hanaoka

Misayo Haruki

Misayo Haruki

Tomoko Hanaoka

Shun Nakayama

Shun Nakayama

Kimura

Akira Otaka

Akira Otaka

Yasukawa

Shôgo Suzuki

Shôgo Suzuki

Tamura

Touji Kawahigashi

Psychiatrist

Hajime Tanimoto

Hajime Tanimoto

Takabe's superior

Tarō Suwa

Tarō Suwa

Takeshi Mikami

Makoto Kakeda

Taijirō Tamura

Taijirō Tamura

Makoto Togashi

Makoto Togashi

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