Audition (Ôdishon)

Audition (Ôdishon) (1999)

  • 78% of critics liked it
    (63 reviews)

  • 80% of users liked it
    (53,056 ratings)

Controversial Japanese director Takashi Miike creates this unnerving horror film about a widowed TV producer auditioning prospective wives. In his search, one candidate particularly stands out, a lovely ex-ballerina dressed in white. The widower cannot believe his good fortune, until he starts… More

R, 1 hr. 55 min.
Directed By
Takashi Miike
Written By
Daisuke Tengan
Genres
Horror, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1999 Wide
On DVD
Jun 4, 2002
American Cinemateque

Critic Reviews

  • Jim Sullivan, Boston Globe

    This movie, at just under two hours, is a long crawl from inception to climax.

  • Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune

    Miike is brilliant at transforming the mundane and familiar ... into something sinister and eerie.

  • Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

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

  • Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

    This brazen shocker is never less than compelling -- even when you feel compelled to shut your eyes.

  • Louis B. Parks, Houston Chronicle

    There will be many people who consider Audition an atrocity, and a few who find it a stimulating cinema experience.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • paul o


    Its not that great UNTIL the last 20-30 minutes. THEN, it gets artsy and painful. This isn't as extreme as others claim it to be, its just a simple concept that goes into the Absurd towards the end. Overall, a dry film that attempts to keep our attention and actually gets you at… More

  • Lewis C


    "Words create lies. Pain can be trusted." This is a great example of slow-burn horror done right, and with a very bloody payoff.. Audition begins as somewhat unsettling and ends up excruciating to watch, and I mean that in the best way possible. What starts out as a… More

  • Reid V


    "All Japanese People Are Lonely" What an odd and certainly aggressive exploration of grief. As a man recently looses his wife, he uses the ruse of a TV show audition, to search for a probable replacement. Fitting his ideals, a young woman by the name of Asami waltzes into… More

  • Melvin W


    Asami Yamazaki: Words create lies. Pain can be trusted.  "She always gets a part" What an experience Takashi Miike's Ôdishon is. It's a masterpiece that creates an immense amount of tension in it's first hour and a half, which leads up to an incredibly well… More

  • J P


    So freakin slow, man. Then at the end I was like what the fuck is going on right now? It really wasn't that gory/scary bad at the end. I was completely unphased, and I will most likely not have any recollection of it tomorrow. Forgettable movie. Can't say that guy… More

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