Company executive Aoyama who lost his wife several years ago is invited by a friend to sit in on a non-existent film audition in the search for an actress, but the intention of the audition is really to find a new bride for Aoyama. He looks through all the applicants resumes and finds a girl named Yamazaki Asami who he really falls for. On the day of the audition he gets to meet Asami and gets totally hooked by her beauty. He then gets her number of the resume list and calls her to take her out to dinner and so their relationship continues but there's something that's not right with the girl.
Miike's finest according to me. Audition is a captivating movie that draws you into it and really makes you get involved in the story which is a sad one but is brilliantly delivered. I would rather rate this film to be a thriller or one could even describe it as a really dark drama than a actual horror movie, although it has some horror elements in it.
I think that Audition is also a great movie to start off with if you're gonna get into the world of Miike, since it's not half as complicated as his other movies and it's easy to follow but still brilliant in every sense. And even if you have no plans to get into more of Miike's movies, Audition is still a great movie to watch.
Audition starts out as a drama and goes like that for some time. You get to know the characters which also makes you feel more for them when things happen which is a good thing. Then the movie kinda changes genre and becomes darker and more disturbing and the transition from being somewhat nice and innocent to become so much darker is truly delivered well.
There's some gore in the end and some actual horror but that shouldn't be the reason for watching this movie as it's just a small part of a much bigger piece.
Audition is a fantastic movie and if you haven't seen it yet, well then you might wanna give it a shot.
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ALTERNATIVE TITLE: ‘dishon
MOVIE YEAR: 1999
DIRECTOR: Takashi Miike
WRITING CREDITS: Ryu Murakami, Daisuke Tengan
GENRE: Horror, Drama, Thriller
CAST: Eihi Shiina, Ryo Ishibashi, Tetsu Sawaki
COUNTRY: Japan
RUNTIME: 115 min
RATING: 10/10
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