Pulse
Original title: Kairo
“Do you want to meet a ghost?”
2001 · 1 h 59 min
Directed by 
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Kiyoshi KurosawaCast
Haruhiko Katô Kumiko Asō Koyuki Kurume Arisaka Masatoshi Matsuo Shinji Takeda
Credits
Written by: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Plot
Young people in Tokyo start to disappear after seeing ghostly images on the internet, in an apocalyptic ghost story about loneliness.
Sinekatalog’s take
A haunting meditation on isolation.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.6 / 10 (32,644 votes)
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