Audition

5.00
    Audition
    1999

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • Ryo IshibashiShigeharu Aoyama
    • Eihi ShiinaAsami Yamazaki
    • Jun KunimuraYasuhisa Yoshikawa
    • Tetsu SawakiShigehiko Aoyama
    • Renji IshibashiMr Shimada
    • Miyuki MatsudaRyoko Aoyama
    • Toshie NegishiRie
    • Yuriko HirookaMichiyo Yanagida
    • Shigeru SaikiToastmaster
    • Ken MitsuishiDirector

    Recommendations

    • 89

      Austin Chronicle

      Audition's take on the war between the sexes is bleak and almost entirely devoid of hope. --It's enough to make you give up dating altogether.
    • 88

      Chicago Tribune

      Creates an atmosphere of frenzy that is both powerful and unforgettable, providing neither solace nor comfort.
    • 80

      New Times (L.A.)

      A warning is virtually mandated: No one who's even the least bit squeamish should even think about seeing Audition. But, if you have a taste for the disturbing, it's a trip that will stay with you for some time.
    • 80

      The New York Times

      The picture is about victims -- but it's also a great, sick rush with a kicker on the level of "The Vanishing."
    • 80

      Los Angeles Times

      A diabolically adroit piece of filmmaking that goes even further than the films of Italy's excruciatingly macabre Dario Argento.
    • 70

      L.A. Weekly

      How Miike gets us from amiable point A to debilitating point B is a remarkable act of manipulation and control that may leave you feeling sucker-punched, even brutalized, but you won't forget the experience anytime soon.
    • 67

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer

      The first two-thirds of the movie are a kind of stumbling relationship drama, but the last third segues into a spooky feast of torture, mutilation and murder.
    • 50

      Christian Science Monitor

      The most startling aspect of this slow-building horror movie is how unexpectedly it morphs from a quietly romantic suspense yarn to a flat-out tale of terror that may have some viewers hiding under their seats.

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