Pulse

Pulse

2001 · 119 min · JA · R · 6.7 (745 votes)
Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa · Starring Haruhiko Kato, Kumiko Aso, Koyuki, Kurume Arisaka, Masatoshi Matsuo, Shun Sugata · Music Takefumi Haketa

“Do you want to meet a ghost?”

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In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.

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A chillingly atmospheric descent into urban dread. It captures the isolating grip of modern life and technology, weaving a tale of existential loneliness and spectral dread that lingers long after the credits roll.

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