Audition (1999)
Audition (1999)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
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
Yuriko Hirooka
Michiyo Yanagida
Toshie Negishi
Rie
Ren Osugi
Shimada
Shigeru Saiki
Toastmaster
Ken Mitsuishi
Director
Takashi Miike
Director
Kanji Tsuda
Bartender
Ryū Murakami
Writer
Fumiyo Kohinata
TV Station Presenter
Daisuke Tengan
Writer
Misato Nakamura
Misuzu Takagi
Satoshi Fukushima
Producer
Yuuto Arima
Young Shigehiko
Akemi Suyama
Producer
Ayaka Izumi
Young Asami
Koji Endo
Composer
Kimiko Tachibana
FM Announcer
Hideo Yamamoto
Cinematographer
Tatsuo Endō
Doctor
Yasushi Shimamura
Editor
Koshio Jindôji
Nurse
Tatsuo Ozeki
ProductionDesigner
Toyoyuki Yokohama
Executive Producer
Yûichi Matsui
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Tomoe Kumagai
Costume Design
Kenji Shibasaki
Sound Effects Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 6, 1999
Original Nameオーディション
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 55m
Content RatingR
Budget$250,000
Box Office$359,853
Genres
Wiki.
Audition (オーディション, Ōdishon) is a 1999 horror film directed by Takashi Miike, based on the 1997 novel by Ryu Murakami. Starring Ryo Ishibashi and Eihi Shiina, the film is about a widower, Shigeharu Aoyama (Ishibashi), who stages a phony audition to meet a potential new romantic partner. After interviewing several women, Aoyama becomes interested in Asami (Shiina), whose dark past affects their relationship.
Audition was originally a project of the Japanese company Omega Project, who wanted to make a horror film after the great financial success of their previous production Ring. To create the film, the company purchased the rights to Murakami's book and hired screenwriter Daisuke Tengan and director Miike to film an adaptation. The cast and crew consisted primarily of people Miike had worked with on previous projects, with the exception of Shiina, who had worked as a model prior to her career in film. The film was shot in about three weeks in Tokyo.
Audition premiered, with a few other Japanese horror films, at the Vancouver International Film Festival, but it received much more attention when it was shown at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in 2000, where it received the FIPRESCI Prize and the KNF Award. Following a theatrical release in Japan, the film continued to play at festivals and had theatrical releases in the United States and United Kingdom, followed by several home media releases.
Audition was received positively by Western film critics on its release, with many noting the final torture sequence in the film and how it contrasts with the non-horrific scenes before. The film has appeared on several lists of the best horror films ever made, and has had an influence on other horror films and directors including Eli Roth and the Soska sisters.