Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cure (Kyua) Getting A Masters Of Cinema Release
Eureka Entertainment is purveyors of classic films, not always from the eras or even countries you will assume they would target. This is what makes them so unique and they have announced Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cure (Kyua) will be released in the UK as part of their brilliant Masters Of Cinema Series.
This will be the Japanese movies first release in the UK & Ireland.It’s regarded as the movie that propelled the Pulse director internationally. A mesmerizing and hypnotic psychological thriller,
Released to critical acclaim in both the East and the West, Cure was a breakthrough film for director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, a nerve-shredding thriller about the hunt for a serial killer in a bleak and decaying Tokyo.
If you’re familiar with Japanese cinema, you will recognize Kôji Yakusho who has starred in many Japanese movies that have been released in the UK. As well as starring in Pulse, he’s also appeared in 13 Assassins, Tokyo Sonata.
A series of murders have been committed by ordinary people who claim to have had no control over their horrifying actions. Following the only link – a mysterious stranger who had brief contact with each perpetrator and their victim – detective Kenichi Takabe (Kôji Yakusho) places his own sanity on the line as he tries to end the wave of inexplicable terror.
Described as one of the greatest films of all time by Bong Joon-ho (The Host, Snowpiercer), Cure is a deeply unsettling masterpiece of its genre and has shockingly been unavailable on home video in the UK until now. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Cure in a special Dual Format edition.
To celebrate the upcoming release, Eureka Entertainment has released a new Trailer…
DUAL FORMAT SPECIAL FEATURES
-Limited Edition O-card [2000 copies – First Print Run Only]
-1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray, with a progressive encode on the DVD
-Original Japanese Stereo audio (Uncompressed LPCM on the Blu-ray)
-Optional English subtitles
-A new video interview with critic & author Kim Newman
-An archival interview with director Kiyoshi Kurosawa
-Original theatrical trailer
-A collector’s booklet featuring an essay by Tom Mes
‘There are startling images and moments in this picture that will haunt you for a long time to come… it’s not for the faint of heart. But be brave, because it’s worth it. Kurosawa is a major filmmaker’ – Martin Scorsese
“Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s CURE, Delbert Mann’s MARTY and more HOU HSIAO-HSIEN make up the April 2018 line up.” Full details of Eureka’s April 2018 releases may be found here http://po.st/4kXpdN
Cure (Kyua) will be released on Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD)Edition from 23rd April. You can Pre-order/Buy Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD)
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