Audition

From Takashi Miike

With Ryō Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura u.a.

Year 1999

Duration 115 min.

Language Japanese

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.