Gô Rijû, Hana Kino, Ittoku Kishibe
An amnesiac medical student whose memory of his lost lover is reawakened when her body turns up on his dissection table. Barely surviving an auto accident which his girlfriend was killed, Hiroshi is u...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 24, 2006
Stats: 141 reviews
Tsukamoto's exploration of the human body continues in this film, and even goes to new area for the director by exploring not only the body but the mind. In some ways it steps in a different light from previous films by Tsukamoto, but this might be probably one of his most tightl...( read more)
Another good one from Tsukamoto. An exploration of death and a man gradually remembering life by dissecting his dead girlfriend. Bizarre and elegant in places, a great addition into the Tsukamoto canon.
It's decent in that creepy kinky way. I saw it less than a week ago and already almost couldn't remember it though.
Another decent Tsukamoto-fest, Vital seems to hit all the marks you become used to in a Tsukamoto film, but hits a few bumps along the way. All that aside the cinematography is stunning, and if Werner Herzog was talking about the atmosphere here instead of talking to his son in J...( read more)
I couldnt follow the film...
This film has definetly a weird atmosfere...
Its a strange film , slow paced but there is some hidden beauty behind.
You must be definetly in the mood to watch this one.
Very disturbing and romantic in a twisted blend of the two. Slow paced but worth watching.
Tsukamoto's obsession with the human body crosses the final frontier: the skin. Sounds gross? It is, but in the end, it's the beauty that sticks with you. Go figure...
"Vital" (2004)
This is kind of a strange movie. It's not quite a horror/thriller type of movie although you see some autopsy scenes. It's very artsy-fartsy with slow paced imagery. It's more of a romance movie.
Tabanobu Asano (The Last Samurai, Zatôichi) plays Hiroshi, a you...( read more)
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