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Cure Kiyoshi Kurosawa A series of bizarre murders overtake Tokyo - with average, ordinary people committing brutal acts of violence with no motive and seemingly no control over their actions. The only unifying factor is the brief contact with a stranger each murderer has prior to the killings. When a police detective decides to take on the case, he plunges himself deep into the homicidal mind, where his own sanity is put to the test. Very creepy. "A movie about the power of suggestion that casts a troubling spell on the viewer as well" (J. Hoberman, The Village Voice). In Japanese with English subtitles. The DVD is letterboxed, and includes an interview with Kiyoshi Kurosawa, a filmography, the original theatrical trailer and more. Japan, 1997, 115 mins. DVD | $44.95
Bright Future Kiyoshi Kurosawa Kiyoshi Kurasawa (Cure, Pulse) deviates from the horror genre that cemented him as one of Japan's top directors to produce a strange tale of urban alienation and disillusionment. Two men stuck in dreary factory jobs in Tokyo, the volatile Mamorou (Tadanobu Asano, Ichi the Killer) and more reserved Yuji (Joe Odagiri), decide to conduct an experiment that will allow a jellyfish to live in fresh water. When violence disrupts their lives, Yuji is left to continue the experiment with Mamorou's father. However, the bond the pair forms is weaker than Yuji's bond to the jellyfish, which has destructive results. DVD includes a making-of documentary by Kenjiro Fujii (Ambivalent Future: The Creation of Bright Future). In Japanese with English subtitles. Japan, 2003, 115 mins. DVD | $44.95
Charisma Kiyoshi Kurosawa A bizarre but enveloping film from Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa, this surrealist allegory follows a disgraced hostage negotiator (Koji Yakusho) whose professional failings have caused him to be exiled to a desolate and alien wilderness. There he discovers a solitary tree nicknamed "charisma", which is being guarded by an eccentric caretaker (Hiroyuki Ikeuchi). He also learns that a botanist (Jun Fubuki), a band of lumberjacks, and a group of profiteers all wish to destroy the tree for various reasons, and that his experience as a negotiator might prove valuable. Charisma deviates somewhat from Kurosawa's typical exercises in psychological horror, but it stands with his best work as a haunting and multi-layered meditation. In Japanese with English subtitles. Japan, 1999, 104 mins. DVD | $44.95
Doppelganger Kiyoshi Kurosawa This psycho-thriller from the director of the shocker Cure sees Kurosawa projecting the same creepy vibe that made that film a success in its native Japan. A scientist working on a bizarre apparatus for a research company is shocked when he encounters his own doppelganger, who slowly begins to ingratiate himself into his double's life. What begins as a minor inconvenience turns horrific as the doppelganger begins to remove impediments to his double's work. Stars Koji Yakusho. In Japanese with English subtitles. Japan, 2003, 107 mins. DVD | $44.95
The Guard from Underground Kiyoshi Kurosawa Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Pulse) pays homage to American slasher movies of the 1980s in this early horror outing about trading company workers who are hunted by a psychotic security guard. When their building is locked off from the outside, the Akebono Corporation's late shift workers are forced to fend for themselves by any means necessary. With Ren Osugi and Yutaka Matsushige. In Japanese with English subtitles. Japan, 1992, 81 mins. DVD | $44.95
Pulse (Kairo) Kiyoshi Kurosawa When a missing computer hacker is found dead, his young friends look for clues. Analyzing the contents of a mysterious floppy disk, the group unknowingly unleashes a virus of full of the disturbing signals of ghosts, solitary shadow figures and pixilated movement. "There are very few moments in Kiyosho Kurosawa's fiercely original, thrillingly creepy horror movie that don't evoke a dreamlike dread of the truly unknown" (Anita Gates, New York Times). In Japanese with English subtitles. Japan, 1998, 119 mins. DVD | $44.95
Retribution Kiyoshi Kurosawa J-horror filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Pulse) crafts a nightmarish "a modern-day ghost story/serial-killer mystery that blends the helmer's typical ingredients of guilt, suggestion and waking madness in largely successful doses" (Derek Elley, Variety). Starring Koji Yakusho, Manami Konishi, and Tsuyoshi Ihara. In Japanese with English subtitles. Japan, 2006, 104 mins. DVD | $44.95
Seance Kiyoshi Kurosawa One of a series of genre-bending horror films with single-word titles from Japanese New Wave auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Seance is based on the Mark McShane novel (Seance on a Wet Afternoon (Korei) that inspired Brian Forbes' renowned 1964 British drama. Koji Sato (Koji Yakusho) is a sound effects engineer who's married to Junco (Jun Fubuki), a woman with strange psychic powers. When Junco finds a missing girl hiding in her garage, she enacts a scheme to make the discovery seem more dramatic as a way of drawing attention to her powers. But when the hoax takes an unexpected turn, the couple experiences a shock like they'd never imagined. "A taut, atmospheric, and meticulously constructed psychological study" (Strictly Film School). In Japanese with English subtitles. Japan, 2000, 97 mins. DVD | $44.95
