Do you want to meet a ghost?
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.
- Suicide or self-harm
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Grave, contemplative, contemporary and earnest.
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
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- Alunauwieon TMDB · Feb 20267/10
Pulse, directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, turns the internet into a gateway for restless spirits, crafting a slow-burning horror about isolation and existential emptiness. Through two loosely connected storylines, the film builds quiet dread as characters confront disappearances and a spreading sense of emotional void, though uneven transitions and occasional narrative gaps weaken its flow. More than a ghost story, it stands as a melancholic reflection on loneliness in the digital age, lingering through mood rather than clear answers. Read the full review here: (Indonesian version : alunauwie.com) and (English version : uwiepuspita.com)
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Cast
- Kumiko AsoMichi kudo
- Haruhiko KatoRyosuke Kawashima
- KoyukiHarue Karasawa
- Kurume ArisakaJunko Sasano
- Masatoshi MatsuoToshio Yabe
- Shinji TakedaYoshizaki
- Kenji MizuhashiTaguchi
- Shun SugataBoss
- Ken FurusawaConvenience Store Employee
- Teruo OnoDoroningen
Crew
- Kiyoshi KurosawaDirector
- Kiyoshi KurosawaWriter
- Junichiro HayashiDirector of Photography
- Takefumi HaketaOriginal Music Composer
- Hani MituhashiEditor
- Hiroshi YamamotoProducer
- Seiji OkudaProducer
- Shun ShimizuProducer
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