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Audition (2000)

R03/03/2000Horror, Drama1h 55m
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She always gets a part.

Overview

Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Ryo Ishibashi

    Shigeharu Aoyama

  2. Cast 1

    Eihi Shiina

    Asami Yamazaki

  3. Cast 1

    Jun Kunimura

    Yasuhisa Yoshikawa

  4. Tetsu Sawaki

    Shigehiko Aoyama

  5. Cast 1

    Renji Ishibashi

    Mr Shimada

  6. Cast 1

    Miyuki Matsuda

    Ryoko Aoyama

  7. Cast 1

    Toshie Negishi

    Rie

  8. Cast 1

    Yuriko Hirooka

    Michiyo Yanagida

  9. Cast 1

    Shigeru Saiki

    Toastmaster

You'll only love me. Wont you? As the film lovers of the Western World clamoured for more Asian horror, along came Ôdishon (Audition), a one of a kind sort of pic. Its positive reputation is well deserved, though what negative press exists is certainly understandable. Run time runs close to two hours, and for ninety minutes of that time the film trundles along at a sedate pace. Director Takashi Miike is exploring the key characters, deftly providing an overlay of grief management, loneliness, sadness and even cruelty. There's a deliberately hallucinatory vibe to the narrative, with ma...

Status Released

Original LanguageJapanese 

Budget$250,000.00

Revenue $359,853.00

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