Pulse (2001)
| Release Date | 10 February 2001 |
| Tagline | Yûrei ni aitai desu ka? (Do you want to meet a ghost?) |
| Genre | Horror, Thriller |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Sound Mix | Dolby |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Psychological Thriller |
| Mood | Spellbinders |
| Themes | Ghosts, Computer Paranoia |
| Tones | Chilly, Disturbing, Eerie, Austere, Enigmatic, Cerebral, Stylized, Ominous |
| Tags | Afterlife, Computer Disk (CD), Computers, Culture [social Culture], Death, Ghost, High Tech, Internet, Mystery [unexplained Phenomenon], Suicide, Technology |
Kairo or "Circuit") is a 2001 Japanese horror film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. The film was based on his novel of the same name, and was released in the US in 2005 as Pulse. The movie is the subject of a 2006 English language remake, also titled Pulse. The movie has a cult following.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Haruhiko Katô
Ryosuke Kawashima
Kurume Arisaka
Junko Sasano
Masatoshi Matsuo
Toshio Yabe
Shinji Takeda
Yoshizaki
Jun Fubuki
Michi's mother
Shun Sugata
Boss
Shô Aikawa
Employee
Kenji Mizuhashi
Taguchi
Takumi Tanji
Man with Bag
Hassei Takano
Student A
Atsushi Yuki
Student B
Go Takashima
Student C
Kaori Ichijô
Girl with Long Hair
Teruo Ono
Doroningen
Ken Furusawa
Convenience Store Employee
Director
Producer
Yasuyoshi Tokuma
executive producer
Hiroshi Yamamoto
producer
Original Music
Takefumi Haketa
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Cinematographer
Junichirô Hayashi
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Editor
Junichi Kikuchi
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Production Designer
Tomoyuki Maruo
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Art Department
Yoshihisa Kato
digital art director
Sound Department
Makio Ika
sound
Visual Effects
Shûji Asano
visual effects supervisor: Links DigiWorks/Rinkusu DejiWâkusu
Masaru Tateishi
visual effects supervisor, CG director
Music Department
Cocco
composer: song "Hane"
Toru Wada
music producer
Other Crew
Takeshi Furusawa
assistant to director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Mikiko Koyama
script supervisor
Production Company
Daiei Eiga
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Distributor
Toho Company
Euripide Distribution
Madman Entertainment
Magnolia Pictures
Optimum Releasing
Pioneer LDC
Universe Laser & Video Co. Ltd.
Special Effects
Links Digiworks
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