Vital (film)
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Vital film poster | |
| Directed by | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| Written by | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| Produced by | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| Starring | Tadanobu Asano Nami Tsukamoto |
| Cinematography | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| Edited by | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| Music by | Chu Ishikawa |
| Distributed by | Gold View Company Ltd. |
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Running time | 86 min. |
| Language | Japanese |
Vital (ヴィタール) is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. It stars Tadanobu Asano as Hiroshi Takagi, a man whose girlfriend dies and who loses his memory in a car accident.
The original concept that inspired Vital was the image of medical students making sketches during a dissection. Tsukamoto visited a medical school and observed a dissection while writing the screenplay, which was originally titled: Dissection Film Project. Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical sketches were a direct inspiration.