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Vital

6.4

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Original title

Vital

Year

2004

Running time

86 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Shinya Tsukamoto

Screenwriter

Shinya Tsukamoto

Cast

Music

Chu Ishikawa

Cinematography

Shinya Tsukamoto

Producer

Kaijyu Theater

Genre

Thriller. Drama | Psychological Drama

Synopsis

After a tragic car accident where his girlfriend Ryôko Ooyama (Nami Tsukamoto) died, Hiroshi Takagi (Tadanobu Asano) suffers amnesia with his memories completely blanked. When he sees a book about dissection, he decides to join the medical school with the support of his parents. In the dissection class, his group participates of the autopsy of a young woman, and while cutting apart the tissue, he partially recalls his accident. Later, when he sees a tattoo in the arm of the corpse, he discloses that she was his girlfriend and becomes obsessed to go further in the examination of the body.

Awards: 2004: Sitges Film Festival: New Visions Award

2005: Mar del Plata Film Festival: Official Selection

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Vital

2004

Shinya Tsukamoto

6.4

(224)