Kairo

Kairo may refer to:

  • Kairo (band), Mexican boy band from 1993 to 1999 with Eduardo Verástegui as member until 1996
  • Kairo (video game), independently published exploration video game made by Richard Perrin
  • Kairo (film), aka Pulse, a 2001 Japanese film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
  • Kairo (Superman/Aquaman Hour), Green Lantern's sidekick in the 1967 cartoon
  • Kairo-kō, a 1905 novel by Japanese author Natsume Sōseki
  • Kai-ro, a superhero in episodes of Batman Beyond and Justice League Unlimited cartoons (a future Green Lantern)
  • Kairō, a cloister-like part of a Japanese Buddhist temple.
  • Kairo is also a Japanese term for a hand warmer
  • From Greek origin
  • See also

  • Kairos (disambiguation)
  • Cairo (disambiguation)
  • Pulse (2001 film)

    Pulse, known in Japan as Kairo (回路), is a 2001 Japanese horror film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. The film is based on his novel of the same name. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. The movie was well-received critically and has a cult following. An American remake, also titled Pulse, debuted in 2006 and spawned two sequels.

    Plot

    The plot centers on ghosts invading the world of the living via the Internet. It features two parallel story lines.

    First Story

    The first story involves a young woman named Kudo Michi (Kumiko Aso) who works at a plant sales company. She has recently moved to the city and her main friends are her three colleagues, Sasano Junko, Toshio Yabe and Taguchi. At the start of the film, it appears Taguchi has been missing for some days working on a computer disk. Michi goes to visit his apartment and finds him distracted and aloof; in the middle of their conversation, he casually makes a noose, leaves and hangs himself. Michi and her colleagues inspect the computer disk he left behind and discover it contains an image of Taguchi staring at his own computer monitor, which is displaying an image of Taguchi staring at his computer monitor, creating an endless series of images. In the other monitor on his desk, Michi and her friends discover a ghostly face staring out into Taguchi's room.

    Kairo (video game)

    Kairo is an indie adventure game, developed and published by Locked Door Puzzle, Richard Perrin's independent studio. Kairo is set in world of minimalist abstract architecture which the player must explore to solve the puzzle contained within.

    Gameplay

    Kairo is played from first person perspective and has no additional controls beyond the ability to look around and navigate the environment. Interaction comes in the form of pushing objects, standing on switches or the environment reacting to player movement.

    Story

    There is no dialogue and very little text in the game. The narrative comes entirely through environmental storytelling as the world is filled with clues and hints towards the player's purpose.

    Reception

    Kairo has received a positive reaction from critics. Eurogamer described the game as "mysterious and elegant and powerfully distinct" and toucharcade said "The world of Kairo is like a playable, explorable tone poem."

    Kairo has been selected for exhibition at events including Develop Conference, Notgames Festival, Eurogamer Expo and Penny Arcade Expo.

    Sálvame

    "Sálvame" (English: "Save Me") is the third single which became a number one hit all over Ibero-America, released by the Mexican pop group RBD, featured on their debut album, Rebelde (2004). Anahí sings lead while the rest of the band sing background vocals. The song became their third number-one consecutive single in Mexico. The song was announced as one of 2005's most played song in Mexico. On July 22, 2006, the song was also used to promote the first season of the soap opera Rebelde.

    The song's sequel, "Algún Día", was recorded in 2006 and is featured on RBD's third Spanish studio album, Celestial (2006).

    "Save Me" is the English version of "Sálvame" and is featured on RBD's 2006 English studio album, Rebels (2006). As on the original track, Anahí sings the translated lyrics in English.

    The Portuguese version of this song was released as a single in Brazil with the name "Salva-Me", along with "Solo Quédate En Silencio", on a double A-Side single.

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