Cast: Kumiko Aso, Haruhiko Kato, Koyuki, Kurume Arisaka.
An early Japanese techno-horror film (it came out in 2001, when the internet was not nearly as ubiquitous as it is now),
Pulse is still perhaps the best depiction of the isolating terror of the internet. The Kiyoshi Kurosawa film follows several people mainly plant shop worker Kudo Michi (Kumiko Aso) and economics student Ryosuke Kawashima (Haruhiko Kato) who are beset upon by ghosts invading the world of the living via the internet. The first half of the film is full of genuinely unnerving and spooky imagery, which fills the movie with a creeping dread, before
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(Welcome to
Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.)
We’re coming up on the end of the year, and the time when most outlets and critics have released their best of the year lists. Among the usual suspects are a few foreign-language films you’ve never heard of (and no, we’re not talking about
Minari), or that might’ve slipped you by. Well, never fear! This week’s Pop Culture Imports is dedicated to those hidden gems, those best international films of the year that you can stream before the year is done.