
Audition
is a 1999 Japanese horror film directed by Takashi Miike and written by Daisuke Tengan. An adaptation of Ryu Murakami's 1997 novel, it stars Ryo Ishibashi and Eihi Shiina. The film follows a middle-aged widower who enlists the help of his film producer friend to stage a fake audition in order to meet a new girlfriend, only to find that the dark past of the woman he chooses severely affects their relationship.
Plot
Shigeharu Aoyama visits his wife Ryoko in hospital, where she dies from an undisclosed illness. Seven years later, Shigeharu's teenage son Shigehiko encourages him to find a new wife. Shigeharu's friend, film producer Yasuhisa Yoshikawa, devises a fake casting audition at which young women audition for the starring role in a new television series, though they are actually auditioning for the part of Shigeharu's new wife. Posing as a casting director, Shigeharu is immediately enchanted by an applicant named Asami Yamazaki, who says she was pursuing a career as a ballet dancer until injuries ended her aspirations.
More details
author | Ryū Murakami |
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director | Takashi Miike |
editor | Yasushi Shimamura |
events | revenge |
genre | drama horror |
keywords | abandon awaken ballet dancer break burn burn scar casting director cut dance studio dead end false awakening family dog fight frame local man morning music producer paralytic agent seven years teenage son track down wait wake up wire saw young women |
musicBy | Kōji Endō |
producer | Akemi Suyama Satoshi Fukushima |
productionCompany | AFDF Korea Bodysonic Creators Company Connection Film Face Omega Project |
theme | independent japanese japanese horror psychological drama serial killer |