There doesn't seem any easier way to begin than to say that Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Pulse is quite possibly the greatest horror film ever made. In it, he has combined many of the themes of his earlier movies into an engrossing and terribly disturbing horror movie, while doing so without a drop of blood, a creaking … Continue reading Pulse* / Kairo (2001)
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Charisma / Karisuma (1999)
In Karisuma, Kiyoshi Kurosawa extends the sense of unease about society expressed in his earlier Cure into the natural world at large. Yabuike is a detective in a hostage situation, where he is given a written demand to “restore the rules of the world.” The situation goes wrong, with both hostage and kidnapper killed, and … Continue reading Charisma / Karisuma (1999)
Cure / (1997)
Ironically, there is no cure to be found for the question continually asked in Cure – Who are you? This marks it as one of the most disturbing, significant, and haunting horror films from any nation. Like most of us, Takabe answers the question with his job – “I am a detective” – but the … Continue reading Cure / (1997)
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