Blu-ray & Digital release: ‘Vital’
By Phil Mills | Aug 31, 2024
Third Window Films are bringing the 2004 Japanese thriller ‘Vital’ (ヴィタール) to UK Blu-ray and Digital on September 30, 2024.
Written and directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, the film revolves around a young man who loses his memory in an accident and finds himself strangely drawn to the body of a deceased woman. The cast includes Tadanobu Asano, Nami Tsukamoto, Kiki, Kazuyoshi Kushida, and Lily.
Synopsis: A young man named Hiroshi (Tadanobu Asano) awakens in the hospital after an accident wipes his memory. Fascinated by a textbook full of drawings of dissections, Hiroshi is drawn to a medical school where he catches the eye of a fellow student. But it’s another who becomes his obsession, the dead woman on the cadaver table.
Features:
• Making of Vital
• Archival Interview with Shinya Tsukamoto
• Video Essay – An Assault On The Senses
• Tom Mes Audio Commentary
• Music Clips
• World Premiere at the Venice Film Festival
• Special Effects Featurette
• Trailer
• Slipcase with artwork from Ian MacEwan [2000 copies only]
‘Vital’ is available to pre-order now from arrowfilms.com or terracottadistribution.com.
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