Vital

Vital

6.8IMDb Score
Released:2004-12-11
Genre:Drama, Thriller, Romance
Duration:86 min
Country:Japan
Director:Shinya Tsukamoto
Actors:Tadanobu Asano, Nami Tsukamoto, Kiki, Kazuyoshi Kushida, Lily
Production:Kaijyu Theater

Overview:

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.

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