Audition (Ôdishon) (1999)

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Directed by

Takashi Miike

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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
Shimada

Written by

Ryu Murakami
(novel)

Daisuke Tengan
(screenplay)

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The most horrible movie ever

13 years, 7 months ago at Sep 7 11:49

johanlefourbe

3 votes

Even though it has been ages since I have seen this flick, I will probably never forget it. Indeed, I have seen more than 5000 movies in my life so far and it is easily the most horrible one I have ever seen. If I recall it correctly, I actually saw this flick back then when I was living in England in the movie theater when it was released at the time. To be honest, I wonder how I actually ended ... read more

This movie is sick!!!!Yet, in a good way

16 years, 6 months ago at Oct 28 15:03

urtrippin2

1 vote

This movie started my hunger for Asian horror, not only was it disturbing, but it allowed me to watch something that was totally different from the Hollywood movies. I highly recommend this movie, but its not for the faint of heart.

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12 years, 6 months ago at Oct 15 19:00

pantagruella

1 vote

Ha! Ha! It makes me laugh just thinking about it. Very slow paced gentle comedy at the beginning. The jarring notes are well introduced. Introduction to Japanese women.

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A middle aged widower is urged by his teenage son and film producer friend to start dating again. They devise a plan to hold a phony film audition to meet new women. The widower falls for a beautiful ballerina with a suspicious past and their courtship veers from polite romance to psycho-nightmare!

Release date: 3 March 2000
UPC: 634991122221

Tags: Horror (37), Japanese (26), Torture (22), Japan (19), Asian (13), 1999 (11), 1990s (11), Audition (11), Thriller (10), Vomit (9), Murder (8), Drama (7), Sack (7), Mutilation (6), Needle (6), (6), Revenge (5), Mystery (4), Asian Horror (4), Foreign (3)

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