1999 · horror · drama
Audition
Directed by Takashi Miike1h 55m1999
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.
Our read: Audition (1999) reads as a heavy, measured, surreal horror · drama entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, extreme horror / drama, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- extreme
- surreal
- bleak
- cold
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