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Award-winning filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa delivered one of the finest entries in the "J-Horror" cycle of films with this moody and spiritually terrifying film that delivers existential dread along with its frights. Setting his story in the burgeoning internet and social media scene in Japan, Kurosawa's dark and apocalyptic film foretells how technology will only serve to isolate us as it grows more important to our lives. A group of young people in Tokyo begin to experience strange phenomena involving missing co-workers and friends, technological breakdown, and a mysterious website which asks the compelling question, "Do you want to meet a ghost?" After the unexpected suicides of several friends, three strangers set out to explore a city which is growing more empty by the day, and to solve the mystery of what lies within a forbidden room in an abandoned construction site, mysteriously sealed shut with red packing tape. Featuring haunting cinematography by Junichiro Hayashi (Ring, Dark Water), a dark and unsettling tone which lingers long after the movie is over, and an ahead-of-its-time story which anticipates 21st century disconnection and social media malaise, Pulse is one of the greatest and most terrifying achievements in modern Japanese horror, and a dark mirror for our contemporary digital world.

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Bonus Materials

• High Definition digital transfer
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
• Original 5.1 audio (DTS-HD on the Blu-ray)
• New optional English subtitle translation
• New interview with writer/director Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• New interview with cinematographer Junichiro Hayashi
• The Horror of Isolation: a new video appreciation featuring Adam Wingard & Simon Barrett (Blair Witch, You’re Next)
• Archive ‘Making of’ documentary, plus four archive behind-the-scenes featurettes
• Premiere footage from the Cannes Film Festival
• Trailers and TV Spots
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket
• FIRST PRESSING ONLY:Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic Chuck Stephens
• High Definition digital transfer
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
• Original 5.1 audio (DTS-HD on the Blu-ray)
• New optional English subtitle translation
• New interview with writer/director Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• New interview with cinematographer Junichiro Hayashi
• The Horror of Isolation: a new video appreciation featuring Adam Wingard & Simon Barrett (Blair Witch, You're Next)
• Archive 'Making of' documentary, plus four archive behind-the-scenes featurettes
• Premiere footage from the Cannes Film Festival
• Trailers and TV Spots
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket

Sales Points

• Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa spearheaded the J-Horror genre and this is one of his best
• Fangoria Chainsaw Award Nominee for Most Disturbing Import (Scariest Foreign Film)
• #1 on Farout Magazine's List of the Top 10 Most Underrated Horror Films of the 21st century
• Listed by Dread Central as one of the Top 10 films you shouldn't watch alone

Press Quotes

For fans of brooding horror and traditional Japanese ghost stories as well as lovers of art cinema, this release of PULSE is recommended.

     —Rue Morgue

One of the high-water marks of cinema's forays into the sociological and emotional impact of the internet, and it looks as beautifully nebulous as ever on Arrow's Blu-ray/DVD combo pack.

     —Slant Magazine

As usual Arrow has assembled a top flight collection of supplements... Recommended.

     —Blu-ray.com

Arrow Video's Blu-ray of the film is a welcome addition to their library, and if you're a fan of J-horror in any capacity, it should also be a part of yours.

     —Digital Bits

Pulse is one of the scariest movies ever made... guaranteed to haunt you long after the credits roll.

     —Dread Central

A truly terrifying piece of cinema that will lodge itself in your brain long after you've seen it

     —Farout Magazine