Audition

"She always gets a part."

2000 1h 55m JA

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7.1

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★7.1TMDB · 1,864

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Synopsis

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Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.

“She always gets a part.”

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Cast

Ryo Ishibashi
Shigeharu Aoyama
Eihi Shiina
Asami Yamazaki
Jun Kunimura
Yasuhisa Yoshikawa
Tetsu Sawaki
Shigehiko Aoyama
Renji Ishibashi
Mr Shimada
Miyuki Matsuda
Ryoko Aoyama
Toshie Negishi
Rie
Yuriko Hirooka
Michiyo Yanagida

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Takashi Miike
Writers: Daisuke Tengan
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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26 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Takashi Miike, shot by Hideo Yamamoto. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Koji Endo. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Yasushi Shimamura shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Ryo Ishibashi and Eihi Shiina and Jun Kunimura carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "She always gets a part.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0235198 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Takashi Miike directs. Hideo Yamamoto behind the camera. Koji Endo scores. Yasushi Shimamura cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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1Shot for just $0.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
226 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Directed by Takashi Miike, shot by Hideo Yamamoto. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Koji Endo. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Yasushi Shimamura shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Ryo Ishibashi and Eihi Shiina and Jun Kunimura carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "She always gets a part.".
8IMDB entry: tt0235198 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Released under 22 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Hideo Yamamoto
Original score: Koji Endo
Editing: Yasushi Shimamura
Production design: Tatsuo Ozeki
Costume design: Tomoe Kumagai
Makeup / hair: Yûichi Matsui
Runtime: 115 min · 1h 55m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $250,000
Box office: $359,853
Return: 144% of budget
Original language: JA
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Audition (2000)

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John Chard2015-10-17
★ 7/10
You'll only love me. Wont you? As the film lovers of the Western World clamoured for more Asian horror, along came Ôdishon (Audition), a one of a kind sort of pic. Its positive reputation is well deserved, though what negative press exists is certainly understandable. Run time runs close to two hours, and for ninety minutes of that time the film trundles along at a sedate pace. Director Takashi Miike is exploring the key characters, deftly providing an overlay of grief management, loneliness, sadness and even cruelty. There's a deliberately hallucinatory vibe to the narrative, with many thematic beats ticking away, though answers are not readily available, where both the lead protagonist and antagonist have blurry mindsets, or do they? It all builds to the Grand Guignol last quarter, where the film has gained its wince inducing rep. Worth the wait? Yes it is for sure, even if it is tinged with a sense of disappointment that there's one too many twists for twist sake. 7/10

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