Movies / Audition (1999) aka Ôdishon

7/10

Runtime: 115 min

Genres: Drama Horror Mystery Thriller

Languages: Japanese

Countries: Japan


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 striking young woman with ballet training. On the day of the audition, she's the last person they see. Aoyama is hooked. He notes her number from her file, calls her and takes her to dinner. He hesitates to call again, worried that he'll seem too eager. When he does, Asami knowingly lets the phone ring for some time before answering. She's alone in her darkened room - alone, that is, apart from the writhing victim she has tied up in a sack on the floor...


Directors (1) Credit
Takashi Miike ...
Writers (2) Credit
Daisuke Tengan (screenplay)
Ryû Murakami (novel)
Composers (1) Credit
Kôji Endô ...
Editors (1) Credit
Yasushi Shimamura ...
Cinematographers (1) Credit
Hideo Yamamoto ...
Actors (24) Credit
Ayaka Izumi Asami as a child
Eihi Shiina Asami Yamazaki
Fumiyo Kohinata TV station presenter
Jun Kunimura Yasuhisa Yoshikawa
Kanji Tsuda Bartender
Ken Mitsuishi Director
Kimiko Tachibana FM announcer
Koshio Jindôji Nurse
Misato Nakamura Misuzu Takagi
Miyuki Matsuda Ryoko Aoyama
Nattsu Tanabashi Hotel front desk
Party Gangster
Renji Ishibashi Old man in wheelchair
Ren Ohsugi Shimada
Ryo Ishibashi Shigeharu Aoyama
Saori Tachibana ...
Shigeru Saiki Toastmaster
Takako Katoh (as Takako Katô)
Tatsuo Endô Doctor
Tetsu Sawaki Shigehiko Aoyama
Toshie Negishi Rie
Yayoi Ôtsu ...
Yuriko Hiro'oka Michiyo Yanagida
Yuuto Arima Shigehiko as a child