Award-winning filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa delivered one of the finest entries in the "J-Horror" cycle of films with this moody and spiritually terrifying film that delivers existential dread along with its frights. Setting his story in the burgeoning internet and social media scene in Japan, Kurosawa's dark and apocalyptic film foretells how technology will only serve to isolate us as it grows more important to our lives. A group of young people in Tokyo begin to experience strange phenomena involving missing co-workers and friends, technological breakdown, and a mysterious website which asks the compelling question, "Do you wantto meet a ghost?" After the unexpected suicides of several friends, three strangers set out to explore a city which is growing more empty by the day, and to solve the mystery of what lies within a forbidden room in an abandoned construction site, mysteriously sealed shut with red packing tape. Featuring haunting cinematography by Junichiro Hayashi (Ring, Dark Water), a dark and unsettling tone which lingers long after the movie is over, and an ahead-of-its-time story which anticipates 21st century disconnection and social media malaise, Pulse is one of the greatest and most terrifying achievements in modern Japanese horror, and a dark mirror for our contemporary digital world.

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Pulse (2001)

Kairo
Blu-ray/DVD
Unrated

Horror/Mystery/Science-Fiction · 1h 59m · 7/11/2017

 PCM 
  
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Award-winning filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa delivered one of the finest entries in the "J-Horror" cycle of films with this moody and spiritually terrifying film that delivers existential dread along with its frights. Setting his story in the burgeoning internet and social media scene in Japan, Kurosawa's dark and apocalyptic film foretells how technology will only serve to isolate us as it grows more important to our lives. A group of young people in Tokyo begin to experience strange phenomena involving missing co-workers and friends, technological breakdown, and a mysterious website which asks the compelling question, "Do you wantto meet a ghost?" After the unexpected suicides of several friends, three strangers set out to explore a city which is growing more empty by the day, and to solve the mystery of what lies within a forbidden room in an abandoned construction site, mysteriously sealed shut with red packing tape. Featuring haunting cinematography by Junichiro Hayashi (Ring, Dark Water), a dark and unsettling tone which lingers long after the movie is over, and an ahead-of-its-time story which anticipates 21st century disconnection and social media malaise, Pulse is one of the greatest and most terrifying achievements in modern Japanese horror, and a dark mirror for our contemporary digital world.

$26.22-$13.73

Release Country

United States

Barcode

760137960287

Release Date

7/11/2017

Media Type

Movie

Audio

  Japanese    PCM 

Digital Copy

Not Included

Studio

Arrow Video

Subtitles

English

Video Format

1080p

Aspect Ratio

1.85:1

Cover Type

Keep Case (HD, Low)

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Cast
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Haruhiko Katô

Ryosuke Kawashima
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Kumiko Asô

Michi Kudo
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Koyuki

Harue Karasawa
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Kurume Arisaka

Junko Sasano
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Masatoshi Matsuo

Toshio Yabe
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Shinji Takeda

Yoshizaki
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Jun Fubuki

Michi's mother
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Shun Sugata

Boss
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Shô Aikawa

Employee
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Kôji Yakusho

Ship Captain
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Kenji Mizuhashi

Taguchi
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Takumi Tanji

Man with Bag
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Hassei Takano

Student A
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Atsushi Yuki

Student B
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Go Takashima

Student C
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Kaori Ichijô

Girl with Long Hair
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Teruo Ono

Doroningen
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Ken Furusawa

Convenience Store Employee
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Masayuki Shionoya

Ghost
Crew
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Director
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Writer
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