Although his onscreen characters usually range from the demonic to the neurotic, in person Shinya Tsukamoto is the picture of gentle-spirited, well-mannered sanity. One can imagine him as the ideal maitre d' for an exclusive club, able to soothe even the most savage millionaire.
"Vital" is a love story -- but one that deals extensively with human dissection. That's something I hadn't seen before in a film. (laughs)
That's right -- it's a kind of first. (laughs)