

Pulse
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.
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6.7/10
749 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $25M
- Box office
- $318.5K
- Language
- Japanese
- depression
- suicide
- isolation
- afterlife
- alienation
- flashback
- loneliness
- internet
- tokyo, japan
- co-workers relationship
- atmospheric
- missing person
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)RRelease9 Nov 2005
United KingdomGB
- Physical15DVD22 Mar 2006
- Physical15Arrow Video Blu-ray10 Jul 2017
- Theatrical (limited) BFI Japan: 100 Years of Japanese Cinema season30 Oct 2021
CanadaCA
- Premiere14AToronto International Film Festival8 Sept 2001
ArgentinaAR
- Digital / OTT1 Jan 2024
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1610 Feb 2001
CzechiaCZ
- PremiereFebio Film Festival25 Jan 2003
DenmarkDK
- PremiereJ-horror cavalcade24 Jul 2003
FinlandFI
- PremiereHelsinki International Film Festival20 Sept 2002
FranceFR
- PremiereTPCannes Film Festival11 May 2001
- TheatricalTP23 May 2001
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1228 Apr 2006
GreeceGR
- PremiereThessaloniki International Film Festival21 Nov 2004
- PremiereThessaloniki International Film Festival10 Nov 2023
Hong KongHK
- TheatricalIIB 19 Sept 2001
Frequently asked questions
Pulse was released on 3 February 2001.
Audience reviews
1- A7/10
Alunauwie
2/28/2026
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 sta…
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