Pulse (2001)
- Original title
- 回路
- Directed by
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Genre
- horror film, disaster film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 678 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A college student and a plant shop worker each try to understand why people are disappearing after encountering ghostly figures that appear through the internet. As more people vanish, the two storylines slowly connect in a world haunted by lonely spirits.
eerielonelyslow-burnbleakunsettlingmelancholicminimalistsupernaturalquietly terrifying
What happens
Pulse (Japanese: 回路, Hepburn: Kairo; lit. 'Circuit') is a 2001 Japanese techno-horror film written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. The plot follows two separate storylines in Japan that faces mass disappearances amidst a ghostly invasion of the real world via the Internet. One follows a college student, and the other follows a plant shop worker. The film received positive reviews and attracted a cult following. An English-language remake, Pulse, debuted in 2006 and produced two sequels. Kurosawa adapted the script into a novel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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