Sunday, January 25, 2009

AUDITION


Audition is a 1999 Japanese thriller directed by Takashi Miike, and starring Ryo Ishibashi and Eihi Shiina. This movie was based on a Ryu Murakami novel of the same name.

Seven years after his wife's dead, Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi)'s son encourages him to start dating other women. Aware of the situation, a movie director friend of him invites Aoyama to participate in an audition for an actress. While reviewing the resumes of the participants, Aoyama's attention is caught by Yamazaki Asami(Eihi Shiina), a girl with ballet training. The day of the audition she is the last interviewed and Aoyama decides to call her after copying her phone number from the files. Soon after, they start dating and Aoyama falls in love with this young woman unaware that their relationship is going to become his worst nightmare.

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