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In pensive, dreamlike images, this film explores the fragility of our lives and our memories.
A young man wakes up in the hospital after losing not only his girlfriend but also his memory in a serious car accident. Fascinated by a textbook full of forensic drawings of autopsies, he is drawn to medical school. During an autopsy course lasting several months, he identifies the female corpse in front of him as that of his deceased girlfriend.
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Before the film: Introduction by Shin’ya Tsukamoto
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Meet the director
Shin’ya Tsukamoto
Shin’ya Tsukamoto has been a director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and actor in numerous films. He shot to fame with his first feature film, TETSUO: THE IRON MAN (1989). Most of his films, including FIRES ON THE PLAIN (2014), KILLING (2018) and SHADOW OF FIRE (2023), premiered at the Venice International Film Festival. In 2016, Tsukamoto starred in Martin Scorsese's SILENCE.