In this episode, we discuss Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cure, including how the film differs from traditional mysteries, how Kurosawa depicts violence, and how the filmmaking hypnotizes.

See where Cure is available to watch.

Supplemental Material:

• The Criterion Collection's Cure Blu-ray

• Eureka! Masters of Cinema's Cure Blu-ray

• Cure on The Criterion Channel

• (There Is No) CURE

• Cure: Erasure by Chris Fujiwara

Additional Audio Sources:

• Cure Trailer

• Eureka! Masters of Cinema's Cure Blu-ray

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