Vital

– Hiroshi wakes up in a hospital room and realizes that he was in a serious car accident that caused t..

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Movie
Rating:
6.90 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 26 Minutes
Release Year:
2004
Original Name:
ヴィタール
Vital
Vital (2004) - Also known as ヴィタール

Hiroshi wakes up in a hospital room and realizes that he was in a serious car accident that caused the death of his girlfriend, Ryoko, as well as the loss of his memory. While trying to regain his memory, one of the first clues that Hiroshi finds are his old medical textbooks that he studied prior to his accident. This gives him a renewed purpose in life and he delves forward into his medical school studies.

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Vital (2004) - Trailer

Release Date:

11 Dec 2004

Language:

Japanese

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

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After a tragic car accident where his girlfriend Ryôko Ooyama (Nami Tsukamoto) died, Hiroshi Takagi (Tadanobu Asano) suffers amnesia with his memories completely blanked. When he sees a book about dissection, he decides to join the medical school with the support of his parents. In the dissection class, his group participates of the autopsy of a young woman, and while cutting apart the tissue, he partially recalls his accident. Later, when he sees a tattoo in the arm of the corpse, he discloses that she was his girlfriend and becomes obsessed to go further in the examination of the body.

Awards:

5 wins & 2 nominations.

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Internet Movie Database:
6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%

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