Pulse (2001 film)

Pulse
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKiyoshi Kurosawa
Written byKiyoshi Kurosawa[1]
Produced by
  • Shun Shimizu
  • Seiji Okuda
  • Ken Inoue
  • Atsuyuki Shomoda[1]
Starring
CinematographyJun'ichirô Hayashi[1]
Edited byJunichi Kikuchi[1]
Music byTakefumi Haketa[1]
Production
companies
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 3 February 2001 (2001-02-03) (Japan)
Running time
119 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$318,451[3]

Pulse (回路, Kairo; "Circuit") is a 2001 Japanese techno-horror film written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.[4] The movie was well-received critically and has a cult following.[5] 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.[6]

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  4. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Kairo". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-09. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
  5. ^ Scott Tobias (19 November 2008). "The New Cult Canon: Pulse". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  6. ^ Mes, Tom (March 9, 2009). "Midnight Eye book review: Mon effroyable histoire du cinéma". Midnight Eye. Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2016.