Audition
is a 1999 Japanese horror film directed by Takashi Miike, based on the 1997 novel by Ryu Murakami. Starring Ryo Ishibashi and Eihi Shiina, the film is about a widower, Shigeharu Aoyama (Ishibashi), who stages a phony audition to meet a potential new romantic partner. After interviewing several women, Aoyama becomes interested in Asami (Shiina), whose dark past affects their relationship.
Plot
Shigeharu Aoyama is a widower whose son Shigehiko says that he should find a new wife. Shigeharu's friend Yasuhisa Yoshikawa, a film producer, devises a mock casting audition at which young women audition for the "part" of Shigeharu's new wife. Shigeharu agrees to the plan and is immediately enchanted by Asami Yamazaki, attracted to her apparent emotional depth.
More details
| author | Ryū Murakami |
|---|---|
| director | Takashi Miike |
| editor | Yasushi Shimamura |
| events | revenge |
| genre | drama horror |
| keywords | abandon awaken break burn scar cast dance studio dead end false false awakening fight late wife mace morning music producer paralytic agent wait wake up wire saw young women |
| musicBy | Kōji Endō |
| theme | exploitation japanese japanese horror psychological drama splatter |