Movie: Pulse
Romaji: Kairo
Japanese: 回路
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Assistant Director: Takeshi Furusawa
Writer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Producer: Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Cinematographer:
Release Date: February 10, 2001
Runtime: 118 min.
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot
PULSE tells the story of a group of young friends rocked by the sudden suicide of one of their own, and his subsequent, ghostly reappearance in grainy computer and video images. Is their friend trying to contact them from beyond the grave, or is there something much more sinister afoot? The mysterious floppy disk they find in the dead man's apartment may provide a clue, but instead launches a program that seems to present odd, ethereal transmissions of people engaged in solitary activities in their apartments. But there is something not quite right in the appearance and behaviour of these lonely souls. Soon, there are more strange deaths and disappearances within the group, terrifying rooms sealed in red tape, and the appearance of more ghosts as the city of Tokyo - and the world - is slowly drained of life.
Cast
Haruhiko Kato - 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
Koji 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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