UW Cinematheque - Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair
Cure | Japan | 1997 | DCP | 111 mins. | Japanese with English subtitles Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Event Details
Date
Friday, June 26, 2026
Time
8 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Koji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki
Follow up the minimalistic terror of Chime with Kurosawa’s ultimate masterpiece. In Cure, police detective Takabe (Koji Yakusho) investigates a string of grisly killings. The kicker? Several perpetrators have been caught, yet none possess any memory of committing the crime in question.
Follow up the minimalistic terror of Chime with Kurosawa’s ultimate masterpiece. In Cure, police detective Takabe (Koji Yakusho) investigates a string of grisly killings. The kicker? Several perpetrators have been caught, yet none possess any memory of committing the crime in question.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please email jehealy@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Friday, June 12, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.