Kairo (aka Pulse)

(2001) dir Kyoshi Kurosawa w/Haruhiko Katô, Kumiko Asô, Koyuki, Kurume Arisaka Masatoshi Matsuo, Kôji Yakusho [119 min; 35mm]

Absolutely one of the most unnerving and terrifying visions of the collision between the spirit world and technology comes at the hands of Japan’s master of suspense, Kyoshi Kurosawa. In KAIRO, a group of young Tokyo-ites begin to experience strange encounters in a mysterious online chat. When these encounters lead to their suicides and the emergence of ghosts into the real world, a desperate race against the unknown begins.