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Vital

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Vital
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R,1hr 26min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 2005
Director:
Shinya Tsukamoto
Distributor:
Tartan
Starring:
Tadanobu Asano, Nami Tsukamoto, Kiki  ...more
Synopsis: Japanese body horror auteur Shinya Tsukamoto, still best known in the U.S. for Tetsuo, teams with hipster icon Tadanobu Asano for the psychological drama Vital. Asano plays Hiroshi Takagi, who wakes from a coma, his memory seriously impaired, and decides, to the relief of his parents (Kazuyoshi Kushida and Lily), to go back to medical school. His memory returns slowly. Eventually, Hiroshi remembers that he had a girlfriend, Ryôko (Nami Tsukamoto) who was with him when he wrecked his car. She was ... Full Synopsis
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Josh Ralske, AMG Review
Cult filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto abandons, at least temporarily, his monochromatic palette and his preoccupation with bizarre meldings of man and machine for the somber, ruminative drama, Vital, which could be described, reductively, as a love story between an amnesiac and a corpse. We're inside the head of Hiroshi (Tadanobu Asano) for much of the film, and early on, he spends a good deal of time silently ... Full Review
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Tadanobu Asano
Hiroshi Takagi
Nami Tsukamoto
Ryoko
Kiki
Ikumi
Ittoku Kushida
Dr. Kashiwabuchi
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