Shinya TSUKAMOTO 塚本晋也
Vital
Nippon Retro ²
Having lost his girlfriend and his memory in an accident, medical student Hiroshi returns to attending anatomy lessons. When it comes to the dissection of a human body, strange things occur. Being visited by a young female ghost, Hiroshi makes a disturbing discovery…
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Vital (NC 2010)
Vital (NC 2005)
Japan 2004
86 minutes
Director
Shinya TSUKAMOTO
Script
Shinya TSUKAMOTO
Cinematography
Shinya TSUKAMOTO
Music
Chu ISHIKAWA
Production
Kaijyu Theater
Distribution
Rapid Eye Movies
Cast
Tadanobu ASANO, Nami TSUKAMOTO, Kiki, Kazuyoshi KUSHIDA, Lily
About Shinya TSUKAMOTO
塚本晋也
Born in Tokyo in 1960, Shinya TSUKAMOTO started making 8mm short films as a teenager. After studying oil painting he worked for an ad agency and founded his own theater company, from which he recruited cast and crew for his feature debut TETSUO: THE IRON MAN (1989 / see p. 33). Films like TOKYO FIST (1995 / see p. 33), A SNAKE OF JUNE (2002), VITAL (2004 / NC ‘05) or KOTOKO (2011 / NC ’12) were celebrated on the international festival circuit. TSUKAMOTO received the Mainichi Film Award as best director and best actor for his remake of FIRES ON THE PLAIN (2014 / NC ‘15). KILLING enjoyed its 2018 world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. In 2019, he was awarded the Nippon Honor Award.