PULSE
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| Film Year: |
2001 |
| AFI Fest Year(s): |
2001 |
| US Release: |
11/09/2005 |
| Project Type: |
Feature Film |
| Country: |
Japan |
| Film Genres: |
Foreign, Horror, Thriller |
| AKA: |
Kairo |
| Language(s): |
Japanese |
Summary: A group of young friends are rocked by the 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 behavior 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.
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Imagica
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Production Company
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Magnolia Pictures
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Domestic Theatrical Distributor
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Daiei Company
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Production Company
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Distant Horizon Corporation
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Foreign Theatrical Distributor (English speaking territories--excluding United Kingdom)
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Distant Horizon
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Euripide
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Foreign Theatrical Distributor (France)
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Euripide Distribution
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Hakuhodo, Inc.
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Production Company
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Nippon Television Network Corporation
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Production Company (NTV)
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Nippon TV Network
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Toho-Towa Company
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Foreign Theatrical Distributor (Japan)
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Magnolia Home Entertainment
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Domestic Video Distributor
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Actor
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Haruhiko Kato
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Ryosuke Kawashima
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Kumiko Aso
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Michi Kudo
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Kurume Arisaka
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Junko
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Masatoshi Matsuo
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Toshio Yabe
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Shun Sugata
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Manager of Sunny Plant Hanbai
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Kenji Mizuhashi
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Taguchi
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Masayuki Shionoya
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Ghost
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Jun Fubuki
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Michi's Mother
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Shinji Takeda
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Yoshizaki
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Koji Yakusho
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Ship Captain (cameo appearance)
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Kaori Ichijou
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Actor
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Hassei Takano
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Actor
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Gou Takashima
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Actor
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Jun Yuuki
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Actor
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Noukou Morishita
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Actor
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Takumi Tanji
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Actor
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Sho Aikawa
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Actor
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Kenji Hasegawa
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Actor
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Akiko Kitamura
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Actor
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Teruo Ono
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Actor
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Yuuko Kitsune
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Actor
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Zengorou Tanukiana
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Actor
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Rie Yasuda
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Actor
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Koyuki
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Harue Karasawa
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Director
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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Director
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Producer
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Yasuyoshi Tokuma
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Executive Producer
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Shun Shimizu
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Producer
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Seiji Okuda
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Producer
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Atsuyuki Shimoda
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Producer
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Takeshi Inoue
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Producer
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Tomo Jinno
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Associate Producer
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Writer
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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screenplay
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Onishi Tetsuya
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Screenplay
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Editor
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Camera, Film & Tape
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Junichiro Hayashi
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Director of Photography
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