Vital

Vital

2004 · 86 min · JA · 6.7 (116 votes)
Dir. Shinya Tsukamoto · Starring Tadanobu Asano, Nami Tsukamoto, Kiki, Kazuyoshi Kushida, Lily, Hana Kino
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A young man awakens in the hospital after an accident wipes his memory. Fascinated by a textbook full of drawings of dissections, Hiroshi is drawn to medical school. There he catches the eye of a fellow student, but it's another who becomes his obsession: the dead woman on the cadaver table.

VIBE

A disquieting descent into the mind of a man piecing himself back together. It's a haunting exploration of memory, desire, and the unsettling allure of the forbidden, wrapped in a stark, artistic package.

melancholicintenseobsessivehauntingslow-burnarthouse dramapsychological thrillerbody horror adjacentidentityobsessionmortalityforbidden desire
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