CURE [Kyua] (Masters of Cinema) Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray

CURE [Kyua] (Masters of Cinema) Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray

A landmark in the history of Japanese cinema, Cure was the breakthrough film for director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who would go on to make several further modern masterpieces in Pulse, Creepy and Tokyo Sonata. Released to critical acclaim in both the East and the West, this nerve-shredding thriller charts the hunt for a depraved serial killer in a bleak and decaying Tokyo.

A series of murders have been committed by ordinary people who claim to have had no control over their actions, many of them having killed friends, co-workers or even their spouse. There are only two links between each crime: an X carved into the neck of each victim, and a mysterious stranger who seems to have had brief contact with the perpetrator a short period of time before each killing. But to follow these leads and end a seemingly inexplicable wave of terror, police detective Kenichi Takabe (Koji Yakusho, 13 Assassins) will need to put his own sanity on the line and endure a descent into hell.

Described as one of the greatest films of all time by Bong Joon-ho, the filmmaker behind Memories of Murder, The Host, Snowpiercer and Parasite, Cure is a cerebral and deeply unsettling hybrid of police procedural, serial killer film and horror movie to stand with The Silence of the Lambs and Seven. Having given the film its UK Blu-ray premiere in 2018, the Masters of Cinema series is now proud to present the film on 4K UHD.

LIMITED EDITION 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:

Limited edition of 2000 copies | Limited edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Time Tomorrow | 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation from a 4K digital restoration, presented in Dolby Vision HDR | Uncompressed original Japanese stereo soundtrack | Two archival interviews with director Kiyoshi Kurosawa from 2003 and 2018 | Kim Newman on Cure – Interview with critic and author Kim Newman | Trailers | PLUS: A collector’s booklet featuring essays on Cure by Tom Mes

PRESS

“a true masterpiece. A must-see for every fan of cinema.” – Asian Movie Pulse

“an increasingly hallucinatory piece where murderousness is a disease spreading rapidly through the susceptible Japanese psyche”– Little White Lies

“Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s hypnotic trip into the lower depths of the human mind”– Variety

“An effective gem of Japanese cinema and a must-see for fans of the country’s horror output.” – Starburst

“Kurosawa’s moody, unnerving film continues to spook us even after the lights have gone on” – LA Times

“the most original horror stylist since John Carpenter. Style-wise, Kurosawa ditches familiar horror-movie tropes—shock cuts, crescendoing music—in favour of elliptic editing, ambiguous action, and long, widely framed takes” – The A. V. Club

‘There are startling images and moments in this picture that will haunt you for a long time to come… it’s not for the faint of heart. But be brave, because it’s worth it. Kurosawa is a major filmmaker’ – Martin Scorsese