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Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori.


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.

Tadanobu Asano
Hiroshi Takagi
Nami Tsukamoto
Ryoko Ooyama

Kiki
Ikumi

Kazuyoshi Kushida
Hiroshi's Father

Lily
Hiroshi's Mother

Hana Kino
Mrs. Ooyama

Go Riju
Dr. Nakai

Jun Kunimura
Mr. Ooyama

Ittoku Kishibe
Dr. Kashiwabuchi

Masato Tsujioka
Vital is a drama, thriller, romance film released in 2004. Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, it stars Tadanobu Asano, Nami Tsukamoto, Kiki. 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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