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Vitâru

IMDb ID: tt0417243 · Year: 2004 · Rating: 6.7 (3,553 votes)

Genres: Drama · Thriller

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 th...

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesArgentina: Vital
Australia: Vital
Canada: Vital (English)
Germany: Vital
France: Vital
United Kingdom: Vital
Ireland: Vital (English)
India: Vital (English)
New Zealand: Vital (English)
Poland: Vital (Festival Title)
United States: Vital
World-wide: Vital (English)
South Africa: Vital (English)
Japan: Bitâru (Japanese, alternative transliteration)
Brazil: Vital: Autópsia de um Amor
Italy: Vital: Autopsia di un amore
Russia: Витал
Japan: ヴィタール (Japanese)
Taiwan: 死亡解剖
Vital
Content RatingRRelease Date2004-12-11Runtime86 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews24Critic Reviews60Countries / RegionsJapanLanguagesJapaneseKeywordsloneliness
body horror
dissection
tattoo
parents
Production CompaniesJapanese Agency for Cultural Affairs
Kaijyu Theater
Official SitesOfficial site (Japan) - http://www.vital-movie.com/IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417243/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/04/tt0417243.jpgUpdated At2025-07-08T04:50:46

Stars

Tadanobu Asano
Nami Tsukamoto
Kiki
Kazuyoshi Kushida
Lily
Hana Kino
Gō Rijū
Jun Kunimura
Ittoku Kishibe
Takashi Akiba

Directors

Shin'ya Tsukamoto

Writers

Shin'ya Tsukamoto

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Tadanobu Asano | Character: Hiroshi Takagi
Actor: Nami Tsukamoto | Character: Ryôko Ooyama
Actor: Kiki | Character: Ikumi
Actor: Kazuyoshi Kushida | Character: Hiroshi's father
Actor: Lily | Character: Hiroshi's mother
Actor: Hana Kino | Character: Mrs. Ooyama, Ryôko's mother
Actor: Gō Rijū | Character: Dr. Nakai
Actor: Jun Kunimura | Character: Mr. Ooyama, Ryôko's father
Actor: Ittoku Kishibe | Character: Dr. Kashiwabuchi
Actor: Takashi Akiba | Character: Actor
Actor: Toshiki Ayata | Character: Actor
Actor: Kazuko Emura | Character: Actress
Actor: Asako Endô | Character: Actress
Actor: Kuniko Fukuda | Character: Actress
Actor: Takashi Furuya | Character: Actor
Actor: Masahiko Gunji | Character: Actor
Actor: Noboru Hara | Character: Actor
Actor: Tomoyuki Hashimoto | Character: Actor
Actor: Mitsuru Hirose | Character: Actor
Actor: Yûsuke Iizuka | Character: Actor
Actor: Kazunari Imai | Character: Actor
Actor: Akio Isogai | Character: Actor
Actor: Hachidai Iwamoto | Character: Actor
Actor: Masaru Iwazaki | Character: Actor
Actor: Shôhei Jino | Character: Actor
Actor: Rio Kamibefu | Character: Actor
Actor: Suon Kan | Character: Actor
Actor: Hirotomo Kawashima | Character: Actor
Actor: Yurika Kimura | Character: Actress
Actor: Taishi Kitajima | Character: Actor
Actor: Masayasu Kitayama | Character: Actor
Actor: Tomikazu Kuwahara | Character: Actor
Actor: Tsugio Matsuda | Character: Actor
Actor: Junichi Matsumoto | Character: Actor
Actor: Takashi Matsuzaki | Character: Actor
Actor: Kiyoko Miyashige | Character: Actress
Actor: Toshifumi Muramatsu | Character: Actor
Actor: Yoshifumi Nada | Character: Actor
Actor: Yosuke Nakajima | Character: Actor
Actor: Teppei Nakamura | Character: Actor
Actor: Kôzô Nara | Character: Actor
Actor: Narimitsu Oohashi | Character: Actor
Actor: Yûji Oota | Character: Actor
Actor: Rôshi Ooyama | Character: Actor
Actor: Noriaki Sakamoto | Character: Actor
Actor: Kanze Sano | Character: Actor
Actor: Shin Senda | Character: Actor
Actor: Nasu Senri | Character: Actor
Actor: Sachiko Shimada | Character: Actress
Actor: Yasuo Sugimoto | Character: Actor
Actor: Yukiyoshi Sugimura | Character: Actor
Actor: Miho Sugiyama | Character: Actor
Actor: Yasunari Sugiyama | Character: Actor
Actor: Ikkô Suzuki | Character: Actor
Actor: Ryôhei Takahashi | Character: Actor
Actor: Motofumi Takaya | Character: Actor
Actor: Natsumi Takekoshi | Character: Actress
Actor: Midori Tarutoko | Character: Actress
Actor: Tsuyoshi Terajima | Character: Actor
Actor: Masato Tsujioka | Character: Actor
Actor: Sumiko Uchiyama | Character: Actress
Actor: Michiko Wada | Character: Actress
Actor: Yusuke Yamaguchi | Character: Actor
Actor: Ayako Yamamoto | Character: Actress
Actor: Kenji Yanagisawa | Character: Actor
Actor: Reiko Yatani | Character: Actress
Actor: Kazuo Ôno | Character: Actor

[Directors Group]
Name: Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Kiyo Joo | Role: Producer
Name: Shin'ichi Kawahara | Role: Producer
Name: Ittoku Kishibe | Role: Producer
Name: Keiko Kusakabe | Role: Producer
Name: Koichi Kusakabe | Role: Producer
Name: Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Chu Ishikawa | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Role: Editor

[Production Design Group]
Name: Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Role: Production Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Hidemi Fuyuyama | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Takashi Oda | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: Hidemi Fuyuyama | Role: Production Manager
Name: Yasuhito Hirajima | Role: Production Manager
Name: Miyoko Oka | Role: Production Manager
Name: Akiko Yukawa | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Yuji Abe | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Ken Koide | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Kudô Kuroki | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Hiroko Nakamura | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: Yûichi Inoue | Role: Art Department
Name: Aya Koshiga | Role: Art Department
Name: Megumi Saito | Role: Art Department
Name: Asami Suwa | Role: Art Department
Name: Yoshiko Tanigawa | Role: Art Department
Name: Mitsuki Yoshida | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Hidetoshi Goûkon | Role: Sound Department
Name: Shinya Itô | Role: Sound Department
Name: Masaya Kitada | Role: Sound Department
Name: Zenya Ohara | Role: Sound Department
Name: Shô Rizawa | Role: Sound Department

[Special Effects]
Name: Yûichi Inoue | Role: Special Effects
Name: Kazuhito Kimura | Role: Special Effects
Name: Yûki Maeda | Role: Special Effects
Name: Hisashi Oda | Role: Special Effects
Name: Susumu Sano | Role: Special Effects
Name: Shingo Takagi | Role: Special Effects
Name: Kazuaki Takenaka | Role: Special Effects

[Visual Effects]
Name: Yayoi Sasaki | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Emi Yamagishi | Role: Visual Effects

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Masashi Adachi | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Shunei Fukano | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Yusa Fukuda | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Satoshi Hayashi | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Takeshi Kagami | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Junko Kanda | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Takeshi Kitahara | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Motohisa Kobune | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Yôhei Kuniyoshi | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Katsuyuki Miyazaki | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Gen Nakamura | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Kazuma Ohshiro | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Ayumi Sakamoto | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Takumi Sato | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Michiyo Tenma | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Masao Yamamoto | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Keisuke Yoshida | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: Asako Endô | Role: Costume Department
Name: Nao Idei | Role: Costume Department
Name: Hiroko Iwasaki | Role: Costume Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Yasutaka Morita | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Naoki Nagata | Role: Editorial Department

[Music Department]
Name: Cocco | Role: Music Department
Name: Takashi Kosaka | Role: Music Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Machiko Bandô | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Tetsuya Gotô | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Shoji Hamada | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Kazuhito Haruo | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Keiko Hino | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Sachi Kabira | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Yôhei Kasai | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Kuri Kumazawa | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Yûji Kôtari | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Masayuki Mitsuhashi | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Munenori Nakagawa | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Osamu Nakamura | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Masaharu Oomi | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Sakiko Ooshima | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Dai Ozaki | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Tomo Sasaki | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Kaori Satô | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Yoshihisa Sekino | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Makoto Shibata | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Naoko Shirakawa | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Shunichirô Suzuki | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Teruo Tsuda | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Yûsuke Yamaguchi | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Naoko Yamanishi | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Shûji Yamashita | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Yumiko Yamazaki | Role: Additional Crew

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417243/videogallery/

Release Schedule

Italy: September 9, 2004 (Venice Film Festival)
Canada: September 17, 2004 (Toronto International Film Festival)
United Kingdom: October 23, 2004 (BFI London Film Festival)
Estonia: December 2004 (Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival)
Spain: December 2004 (Sitges)
Japan: December 11, 2004
Portugal: February 2005 (Fantasporto Film Festival)
Belgium: March 2005 (BIFFF - Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival)
Argentina: March 17, 2005 (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
Germany: April 13, 2005 (Nippon Connection Film Festival)
United States: June 9, 2005 (Seattle International Film Festival)
Netherlands: June 23, 2005
United Kingdom: September 30, 2005
Germany: October 21, 2005 (Munich Asia Filmfest)
Germany: October 29, 2005 (Frankfurt Asia Filmfest)
Ireland: November 11, 2005
United States: January 24, 2006 (DVD premiere)
Mexico: August 31, 2008 (Macabro Film Festival)
Italy: January 28, 2010 (DVD premiere)
United States: March 3, 2012 (New York, Japan Society)
Taiwan: August 25, 2023

Awards

Winner | 2006 | Yokohama Film Festival | Festival Prize | Best Supporting Actor | Ittoku Kishibe, Itsuka dokusho suruhi, Hibi, Aegis, Vital
Nominee | 2005 | Mar del Plata International Film Festival | Best Film | International Competition | Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Vital
Winner | 2005 | Fantasporto | Orient Express Section Special Jury Award | Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Vital
Winner | 2004 | Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival | New Visions Award | Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Vital
Winner | 2005 | Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film (BIFFF) | Silver Raven | Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Vital
Nominee | 2004 | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | Grand Prize | Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Vital
Winner | 2005 | Pacific Meridian International Film Festival of Asia Pacific Countries | Special Jury Award | Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Vital | Diploma.
Nominee | 2004 | Venice Film Festival | Venice Horizons Award | Best Film | Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Vital

Box Office

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