Pulse/Sick Nurses [DVD]

Language:English
: Program Type:Movie
: Screen Format:Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
: Studio:Magnolia
: Region Code:1
: Sound Features:stereo
: Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
: Format:DVD
: Product Name:Pulse/Sick Nurses [DVD]
: Product Tags:DVD
: Subtitles:English
As one of the most cutting-edge Japanese filmmakers, Kiyoshi Kurosawa once again wraps a lowbrow, much-maligned genre -- in this case horror flicks (which were the rage in Japan at the time of this release) -- around some decidedly highbrow philosophical concepts. At the film's outset, Michi (Kumiko Aso) and her cohorts at a rooftop nursery cannot get ahold of their co-worker, Taguchi (Kenji Mizuhashi), who has an important floppy disk. When she ventures over to his apartment, she finds him pale, listless, and unusually quiet -- that is until he suddenly hangs himself. While the suicide is disconcerting, what really freaks Michi out is that Taguchi's body seems to dissolve into the wall, leaving a sickly black stain. Meanwhile, college slacker Ryosuke Kawashima (Haruhiko Kato) logs onto the Internet for the first time even though he is not particularly fond of computers. Instead of stumbling into a porn site or a chat room, he finds himself in a most peculiar site -- he just sees ghostly images of other people going about their everyday life. Then the computer prompts him, asking, ""Would you like to meet ghosts?"" Even though he eventually pulls the plug, the machine still on occasion springs to life. He eventually consults a comely computer maven named Harue (Koyuki), who is also utterly baffled. As more and more Internet users seal themselves into their rooms with red duct tape and melt into black splotches, Kawashima and Michi independently come to discover that the Internet has become portal for an increasingly crowded afterlife. As Tokyo becomes increasingly depopulated, Kawashima and Michi cross paths. This film -- which also features cameos by Kurosawa regulars Koji Yakusho, Jun Fubuki, and Sho Aikawa -- was screened at the 2001 Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals.~Jonathan Crow
Name : Haruhiko Kato: Role : Ryosuke Kawashima
Name : Kumiko Aso: Role : Michi Kudo
Name : Koyuki: Role : Harue Karasawa
Name : Kurume Arisaka: Role : Junko Sasano
Name : Masatoshi Matsuo: Role : Yoshio Yabe
Name : Shun Sugata: Role : The Boss
Name : Kenji Mizuhashi: Role : Taguchi
Name : Masayuki Shionoya: Role : Ghost
Name : Jun Fubuki: Role : Michi's Mother
Name : Shinji Takeda: Role : Yoshizaki
Name : Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Role : Director
Name : Atsuyuki Shimoda: Role : Producer
Name : Ken Inoue: Role : Producer
Name : Seiji Okuda: Role : Producer
Name : Shun Shimizu: Role : Producer
Name : Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Role : Screenwriter
Name : Junichiro Hayashi: Role : Cinematographer
Name : Junichi Kikuchi: Role : Editor
Name : Tomoyuki Maruo: Role : Art Director
Name : Yohji Yamamoto: Role : Associate Producer
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