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Pulse

2001 · 119 min

A slow, creeping dread seeps through every frame, leaving a lingering sadness about loneliness and technology.

Tagline
Do you want to meet a ghost?
Overview
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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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • loneliness
  • death
  • technology
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror8
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
horror, thriller, mystery
Directed by
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Written by
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Starring
Haruhiko Kato, Kumiko Aso, Koyuki, Kurume Arisaka, Masatoshi Matsuo, Shun Sugata, Kenji Mizuhashi, Masayuki Shionoya
Music
Takefumi Haketa
Cinematography
Junichiro Hayashi
Runtime
119 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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