{"product_id":"9781839025945-cure","title":"Cure","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKiyoshi Kurosawa’s 1997 psychological horror, \u003ci\u003eCure\u003c\/i\u003e, follows a detective (played by Koji Yakusho) as he investigates a string of gruesome murders in Tokyo, where each victim has an ‘X’ carved into their neck.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDominic Lash provides an in-depth analysis of \u003ci\u003eCure'\u003c\/i\u003es themes, generic conventions, cinematography, editing, mise-en-scène, sound, and legacy. In examining the film's aesthetics he highlights the unique way in which it balances meticulous precision with a persistent and purposeful ambiguity. Lash goes on to situate \u003ci\u003eCure \u003c\/i\u003ewithin its various contexts; firstly, as Kurosawa's 'breakthrough' film following a decade of mostly straight-to-video work and then its position in relation to the J-Horror boom of the late 1990s and early 2000s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough a close reading of \u003ci\u003eCure\u003c\/i\u003e's key scenes, particularly its final scene, Lash analyses the motivations behind Kurosawa's resistance to a definitive resolution. He argues that, just like its hypnotist antagonist, Mamiya, \u003ci\u003eCure \u003c\/i\u003eunsettles some of our basic psychological assumptions. In doing so, he attempts to understand what it is about the film that lingers so disturbingly, long after the credits have rolled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41602086273121,"sku":"9781839025945","price":12.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27002660.jpg?v=1721419463","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781839025945-cure","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}