Japan, 1999
111m (UK – DVD), 115m
35mm film, colour, 1.85:1
stereo, Japanese
Reviewed at The EOFFTV Review
A Japanese horror film directed by Takashi Miike.
Plot Summary
Lonely widower Aoyama is persuaded by a friend to hold an audition, ostensibly for an actress in their new production, but actually to allow Aoyama to meet a new partner. Aoyama falls for the enigmatic Asami and begins dating her. But Asami has suffered a terrible childhood which has left her emotionally scarred – and Aoyama is about to get a lot more than he ever bargained for…
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Takashi Miike
Omega Project
Executive Producer: Toyohama Yokohama
Producers: Satoshi Fukushima, Akemi Suyama
Line Producer: Junichi Endô
Written by: Daisuke Tengan
Novel: Ryu Murakami
Director of Photography: Hideo Yamamoto
Editor: Yasushi Shimamura
Music: Kôji Endo
Costume Designer: Tomoe Kumagai
Special Make Up Effects: Yûichi Matsui
Production Designer: Tatsuo Ozeki
Cast
Ryo Ishibashi (Shigeharu Aoyama)
Eihi Shiina (Asami Yamazaki)
Tetsu Sawaki (Shigehiko Aoyama)
Jun Kunimura (Yasuhisa Yoshikawa)
Renji Ishibashi (old man in wheelchair)
Miyuki Matsuda (Ryoko Aoyama)
Toshie Negishi (Rie)
Ren Osugi (Shibata)
Shigeru Saiki (toastmaster)
Ken Teruishi (director)
Yuriko Hirooka (Michiyo Yanagida)
Fumiyo Kohinata (TV station presenter)
Misato Nakamura (Misuzu Takagi)
Masato Arima (Shigeharu as a child)
Ayaka Izumi (Asami as a child)
Nattsu Tanahashi (hotel front desk)
Kimiko Tachibana (FM announcer)
Tatsuo Endô (doctor)
Koshio Shintoji (nurse)
Kanji Tsuda (bartender)
Party (gangster)
Alternative Titles
Audition – English language title
Audition (Audición) – Spanish title
References
Periodicals
- Film Review no.602 (February 2001) p.32 – illustrated review
- Screen International no.1275 (8 September 2000) p.16 – illustrated interview
- Sight & Sound vol.10 no.3 (March 2000) p.10 – illustrated festival report
- Skrien no.247 (October 2000) pp.18-19 – illustrated article
- Variety 1 November 1999 p.91 – credits, synopsis, review
Newspapers
- The Times (Section 2) 29 August 2000 p.16 – review (by James Christopher)
Books
- Agitator: The Cinema of Takashi Miike by Tom Mes pp.180-191; 373; 387 – illustrated review; credits; DVD availability details
- The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films by Salvador Murguia (ed.) pp.12-13 – credits, review (by Mike Dillon)
Other sources
- 54th Edinburgh Film Festival Catalogue 13-27 August 2000 p.92 – illustrated credits, synopsis, review
