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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   4,610 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Kiyoshi Kurosawa (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
9 November 2005 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Yûrei ni aitai desu ka? (Do you want to meet a ghost?)
Plot:
Japanese university students investigate a series of suicides linked to an Internet Web cam that promises visitors the chance to interact with the dead. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
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(4 articles)
Tokyo Sonata - Trailer
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User Reviews:
Remarkable, intensely creepy more (113 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Haruhiko Katô ... Ryosuke Kawashima
Kumiko Asô ... Michi Kudo

Koyuki ... Harue Karasawa
Kurume Arisaka ... Junko Sasano
Masatoshi Matsuo ... Toshio Yabe
Shinji Takeda ... Yoshizaki
Jun Fubuki ... Michi's mother
Shun Sugata ... Boss
Shô Aikawa ... Employee
Kôji Yakusho ... Ship Captain
Kenji Mizuhashi ... Taguchi
Takumi Tanji ... Man with Bag
Hassei Takano ... Student A
Atsushi Yuki ... Student B
Go Takashima ... Student C
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Pulse (International: English title)
The Circuit
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MPAA:
Rated R for some violent images.
Runtime:
118 min | Hong Kong:119 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Director Cameo: ['Kurosawa Kiyoshi']While Kawashima is looking at the various people moping around in some catatonic state via web cam, there is one man who appears to be sleeping on his desk. He then wakes up, raises his head, and looks straight into the camera, facing us. That man is Kurosawa Kiyoshi, writer and director of this film. more
Movie Connections:
Edited into Pulse 2: Afterlife (2008) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Hane Lay Down My Arms more

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30 out of 39 people found the following review useful.
Remarkable, intensely creepy, 4 June 2002
8/10
Author: Robert W Saint John from San Francisco, CA

I don't want to give away anything about this wonderful, haunting film. If you liked "The Sixth Sense", "The Others" or "Ring", this will show you how those films pale in comparison. I felt my skin crawl so many times, and the movie has been haunting my thoughts for days now. I sincerely hope that a wider audience has a chance to experience this dark, beautiful film.

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