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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Cast
26 people
Haruhiko Kato
Ryosuke Kawashima
Known for
Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman
Another Gantz
Kumiko Aso
Michi kudo
Known for
Mirai
Casshern
Koyuki
Harue Karasawa
Known for
The Last Samurai
Legal High
Kurume Arisaka
Junko Sasano
Also in
Unfair
Arakawa Under the Bridge
Masatoshi Matsuo
Toshio Yabe
Also in
To Heart
The World Sinks Except Japan
Shun Sugata
Boss
Known for
Tokyo Vice
Ichi the Killer
Kenji Mizuhashi
Taguchi
Known for
5 Centimeters per Second
Godzilla Minus One
Masayuki Shionoya
Ghost
Known for
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Charisma
Show Aikawa
Employee
Known for
Gozu
Dead or Alive 2: Birds
Jun Fubuki
Michi's Mother
Known for
From Up on Poppy Hill
The Boy and the Heron
Shinji Takeda
Yoshizaki
Known for
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Devilman - Volume 3: Devilman Apocalypse
Koji Yakusho
Ship Captain
Known for
Perfect Days
The Boy and the Beast
Kiyoshi Kurosawa Director · Takefumi Haketa Composer Junichiro Hayashi Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $318K · Budget $25M · United States release November 9, 2005
Box office
Budget
$25,000,000
Worldwide gross
$318,451
Production
Daiei Film
Production
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Production
Hakuhodo
Production
IMAGICA
Production
Kadokawa Pictures
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
回路
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · February 3, 2001
Theatrical
United States · November 9, 2005
Limited theatrical · Release
Argentina
January 1, 2024 · Digital
Brazil
February 10, 2001 · Theatrical
Canada
September 8, 2001 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Czechia
January 25, 2003 · Premiere · Febio Film Festival
Denmark
July 24, 2003 · Premiere · J-horror cavalcade
Finland
September 20, 2002 · Premiere · Helsinki International Film Festival
France
May 11, 2001 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
May 23, 2001 · Theatrical
Germany
April 28, 2006 · Theatrical
Greece
November 21, 2004 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
November 10, 2023 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
September 19, 2001 · Theatrical
Indonesia
April 23, 2021 · Physical · DVD
Italy
January 1, 2006 · Physical · DVD relise
Netherlands
January 24, 2002 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam
November 1, 2026 · Premiere · Imagine Fantastic Film Festival
Norway
November 16, 2002 · Premiere · Oslo International Film Festival
Serbia
March 1, 2003 · Premiere · Belgrade Film Festival
Singapore
May 3, 2022 · Digital
South Korea
July 24, 2005 · Limited theatrical
July 8, 2026 · Theatrical · Re-release
Spain
October 10, 2001 · Premiere · Sitges Film Festival
United Kingdom
March 22, 2006 · Physical · DVD
July 10, 2017 · Physical · Arrow Video Blu-ray
October 30, 2021 · Limited theatrical · BFI Japan: 100 Years of Japanese Cinema season
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