Cure

1997 film by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Movie film Q1144476
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Summary

Cure is a film[1]. Cure ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,987 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cure's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Cure was directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa[4].
  • Kiyoshi Kurosawa wrote the screenplay for Cure[5].
  • Cure's composer is recorded as Gary Ashiya[6].
  • Cure's genre is horror film[7].
  • Cure's genre is psychological horror fiction[8].
  • A cast member of Cure was Kōji Yakusho[9].
  • A cast member of Cure was Anna Nakagawa[10].
  • A cast member of Cure was Masato Hagiwara[11].
  • A cast member of Cure was Ren Ōsugi[12].
  • A cast member of Cure was Yukijirō Hotaru[13].
  • A cast member of Cure was Denden[14].
  • A cast member of Cure was Tsuyoshi Ujiki[15].
  • A cast member of Cure was Yoriko Dōguchi[16].
  • A cast member of Cure was Masahiro Toda[17].
  • Cure was produced by Tetsuya Ikeda[18].
  • Cure was produced by Tsutomu Tsuchikawa[19].
  • Cure was produced by Hiroyuki Katō[20].
  • Cure's production company is recorded as Kadokawa Pictures[21].
  • Cure's director of photography is recorded as Tokushō Kikumura[22].
  • The original language of Cure was Japanese[23].
  • Cure was distributed by video on demand[24].
  • Cure's review score is recorded as 93%[25].
  • Cure's review score is recorded as 7.3/10[26].
  • Cure's review score is recorded as 70/100[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Producers include Tetsuya Ikeda[18], Tsutomu Tsuchikawa[19], and Hiroyuki Katō[20]. Cure was directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa[4]. Kiyoshi Kurosawa wrote the screenplay for Cure[5]. Cast members include Kōji Yakusho[9], Anna Nakagawa[10], Masato Hagiwara[11], Ren Ōsugi[12], Yukijirō Hotaru[13], and Denden[14].

Publication

Publication dates include January 1, 1997[28], December 27, 1997[29], and July 8, 2001[30]. The original language of Cure was Japanese[23]. Genres include horror film[7] and psychological horror fiction[8]. Cure was distributed by video on demand[24].

Reception

Reviews include 93%[25], 7.3/10[26], and 70/100[27].

Why It Matters

Cure ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,987 views/month).[2] Cure has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Cure is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Ivanbranco · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filming location → Tsukishima, Oamishirasato, Maejuku-cho
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Filming location: Oamishirasato"
  2. 13d ago · Ivanbranco · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filming location → Tsukishima, Oamishirasato, Maejuku-cho
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'lv', '
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  3. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 123948
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  4. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 86466
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  5. 14w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14567 → SID0031080
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  6. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1997-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1997-12-27T00:00:00Z, +2001-07-08T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Kiyoshi Kurosawa
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+107'}
    Original language of film or tv show → Japanese
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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