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Pulse(Movie, 2001)

Original title: "回路" (Japanese/JA)
FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 59min | Genres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery
PulseRating: 3.3/5 (with 190190 votes)
Pulse (回路, Kairo; "Circuit") is a 2001 Japanese techno-horror film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. The movie was well-received critically and has a cult following. An English-language remake, also titled Pulse, debuted in 2006 and spawned two sequels. The script was also adapted into a novel of the same name by Kurosawa himself. ()
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About Pulse

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

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PULSE (KAIRO) (2001) Trailer Remastered HD(Trailer, 1:41)

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Additional Information

Production country: Japan
Derivative works/Adaptions: "Pulse" (movie, 2006)
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)
Translated into 18 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 04/28/2006 (World premiere: 02/03/2001)
Screenwriter: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Film Editor: Junichi Kikuchi
Director of Photography: Junichiro Hayashi
Composer: Takefumi Haketa
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Kairo"
"Kairo"
"회로"

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Other movies with this title: Pulse (JP, 1982), Pulse (US, 1988), Pulse (US, 2006), Pulse (GB, 2010), Pulse (ES/UA, 2013), Pulse (GB, 2014), Pulse (GB, 2017), Pulse (AU, 2017), Pulse (2018), Pulse (2019), Pulse (2020), Pulse (UA, 2021)

WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:20415, Added: 02/22/2018, Last updated: 03/11/2024