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Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   4,303 votes
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Director:
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Writer:
Kiyoshi Kurosawa (writer)
Contact:
View company contact information for Pulse on IMDbPro.
Release Date:
9 November 2005 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
Yûrei ni aitai desu ka? (Do you want to meet a ghost?)
Plot:
Japanese university students investigate a series of suicides linked to an Internet Web cam that promises visitors the chance to interact with the dead. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Tokyo Sonata - Trailer
 (From LateFilmFull. 20 April 2009, 11:38 PM, PDT)

Sfiaaff 2009: Kiyoshi Kurosawa—Serpent’s Path & Eyes of the Spider
 (From Twitch. 19 February 2009, 12:03 AM, PST)

User Comments:
Major Creep Fest more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Haruhiko Katô ... Ryosuke Kawashima
Kumiko Aso ... Michi Kudo

Koyuki ... Harue Karasawa
Kurume Arisaka ... Junko Sasano
Masatoshi Matsuo ... Toshio Yabe
Shinji Takeda ... Yoshizaki
Jun Fubuki ... Michi's mother
Shun Sugata ... Boss
Sho Aikawa ... Employee
Kôji Yakusho ... Ship Captain
Kenji Mizuhashi ... Taguchi
Takumi Tanji ... Man with Bag
Hassei Takano ... Student A
Atsushi Yuki ... Student B
Go Takashima ... Student C
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Pulse (International: English title)
The Circuit
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MPAA:
Rated R for some violent images.
Runtime:
118 min | Hong Kong:119 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Company:
Daiei Eiga more

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Trivia:
The shot of a woman leaping off the side of a building is a relatively simple combination of careful editing, computer graphics, and stunt work. As director Kiyoshi Kurosawa explains it, a stunt-woman was filmed bungee jumping off the rooftop, followed by a dummy dressed in the same clothes; the two shots were edited together and the bungee cord digitally erased. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Zebraman (2004) more
Soundtrack:
Hane Lay Down My Arms more

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49 out of 60 people found the following comment useful:-
Major Creep Fest, 17 July 2004
10/10
Author: dbborroughs from Glen Cove, New York

Why isn't this available in the US?

I don't know how to describe this with out making it sound like something its not, but I have to say that this is one of the creepiest and most disturbing films I've seen in quite some time. Its not perfect, even if I gave it a 10 out of 10, simply because few films have left me that uneasy.

Operating well with a sense that I can only describe as dream logic this concerns the really weird events surrounding several people who notice something is wrong when a friend goes missing. The friend is not the trigger, but the event that they notice making them suspect that all is not right in their world.

Everything about how this story is calculated to send slowly building shivers up and down your spine. There are no real moments of shock, just ever growing horror and unease. I hated the way that this movie made me feel but couldn't stop watching.

If there are any flaws is that the film is a bit long at just under two hours. The pacing wears and the logic, while frightening gets stretched almost to the breaking point.

If you can stand slow calculating horror films that freak you out with images and implications then see this movie. Its one of the best I've seen in a while.

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