Sometimes I just cannot get aboard the "Loved It" train and this film (1997) Cure happens to be one of those times. In my humble opinion I found the film to drag on, murder after murder, and one story line after the other. The lead actor who plays Homicide Detective Kenichi Takabe (Kôji Yakusho) plays an impressive part, struggling between solving this series of murders that are all quite different murders, and dealing with his mentally disturbed wife on his homefront.
The adversary in the film is first identified solely as a witness named Kunio Mamiya (played by Masato Hagiwara) who is somewhat slovenly dressed and appears to have lost his memory. For every question the various people who come into Kunio Mamiya's presence ask him to help him discover who he is, Kuno retorts back with questions of his own and appears to be playing mind games with them by which they subsequently commit a murder that they have no memory of committing.
As the chess match between Detective Kenichi Takabe and his only witness to a crime Kunio Mamiya boils over Detective Takabe relies on the knowledge of Psychatrist Dr. Makoto Sakuma. (played byTsuyoshi Ujiki) to understand the inner workings of this witness who has more questions than answers to who he really is.
Yes, it is a horror/crime film but I did find it dragged on and the ambiguous ending did not impress me whatsoever. I can only give the film a low 4 out of 10 IMDb rating.
The adversary in the film is first identified solely as a witness named Kunio Mamiya (played by Masato Hagiwara) who is somewhat slovenly dressed and appears to have lost his memory. For every question the various people who come into Kunio Mamiya's presence ask him to help him discover who he is, Kuno retorts back with questions of his own and appears to be playing mind games with them by which they subsequently commit a murder that they have no memory of committing.
As the chess match between Detective Kenichi Takabe and his only witness to a crime Kunio Mamiya boils over Detective Takabe relies on the knowledge of Psychatrist Dr. Makoto Sakuma. (played byTsuyoshi Ujiki) to understand the inner workings of this witness who has more questions than answers to who he really is.
Yes, it is a horror/crime film but I did find it dragged on and the ambiguous ending did not impress me whatsoever. I can only give the film a low 4 out of 10 IMDb rating.