Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki
Seven years after the death of his wife, company executive Aoyama is invited to sit in on auditions for an actress. Leafing through the resumés in advance, his eye is caught by Yamazaki Asami, a strik...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 4, 2002
Stats: 4,279 reviews
"She always gets a part"
Widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all...REVIEW</ ...( read more)
Audition is Miike's most subtle film to date but that's not to say it's not scary, in fact, it actually makes it more terrifying. It's what you don't see that scares you, an idea so many modern horror makers forget. It's only the second horror film that has ever given me a nightm...( read more)
I've always seen Takashi Miike as an interesting but very inconsistent filmmaker. Those inconsistencies are non-existent with this horror masterpiece. Even more amazing is that Miike, a director known for his excessively violent and gory films, shows amazing restraint. While t...( read more)
Miike Takashi is a brilliant wacko who enjoys torturing psychologically his viewers and this psycho-horror is one proof!
In the last 10 or 15 years Japan has managed to take the horror genre by storm. Here, with Takashi Miike's Audition (Ôdishon), they've even elevated 'gore' to an art form. It's hard for some, especially ME, to think of severed tongues and ears and fingers as 'art', but w...( read more)
A real horror film from Japan. I am not an expert about this segment. As a resault of this, I did not like it too much.
you'll forget it's a horror film all up until the kicker, absolutely brilliant! Frickin Absolutely Brillant!!!
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I think the moral of this story should be: if your friends tell you that a girl is no good for you and to stay away from her - for God's sake listen to them! I know I could have saved myself a lot of grief from bad relationships if I'd listened to my friends. Although I definitely didn't have to suffer like the poor guy in this film!
I dont know why people call this movie as gore. It doesnt even show what is happening when she tortures. If you want to see sth disgusting then go watch Hostel this movie is ok and a good drama.
A very good horror movie, a different one and, as is usual, only the Asians can make of this genre an interesting one.
The My Chemical Romance music video Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us was based on Audition. The music video is an entire reconstruction (on the band's part) and tribute to the entire movie compressed in 3 minutes and 50 seconds.
um, just kidding about the whole idol thing... even though she's second in line...
it's so twisted i love it!
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