Vital sees Tsukamoto, a director who is never less than fascinating, in his finest form, tackling the mysteries of human identity with an elegiac calm. Vital viewing.
Vital (2005)
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Reviews Counted: 6
Fresh: 6
Rotten:0
Average Rating: 7/10
Theatrical Release:Jul 1, 2005 Limited
Synopsis: Director Shinya Tsukamoto (TETSUO, A SNAKE OF JUNE) delivers an effectively haunting tale with VITAL, a macabre story in which life, death, love, and memory all interweave. When Hiroshi Takagi... Director Shinya Tsukamoto (TETSUO, A SNAKE OF JUNE) delivers an effectively haunting tale with VITAL, a macabre story in which life, death, love, and memory all interweave. When Hiroshi Takagi comes home following an auto accident that robbed him of his memory, he is looking for clues regarding his old life. Strangely attracted to an old medical textbook on the subject of dissection, Hiroshi signs up for med school on the impulsive hunch that it may bring him closer to his past. Once there, the young man finds himself in the oddest of love triangles, stuck between his relationship with a fellow student and with the cadaver he is assigned to carve into. [More]
Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Studio: Tartan Films
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Reviews for Vital
Beautiful and disturbing, this Asian horror art film explores the intersection between madness and grief with a serene calm that belies the psychological turmoil under its silken surface.
Vital offers its share of disturbing images and gristly medical-lab sound effects, but in the end, its pursuit of closure is surprisingly hopeful.
Macabre yet oddly poignant, graphically physical but also metaphysical, clinical yet unexpectedly soulful.
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