Aoyama, a lonely Japanese widower whose son is planning to move out of the house soon expresses his sadness to a friend and fellow film producer, who becomes inspired to hold an audition for a non-existent film so that he can select a new potential bride from the resulting audition pool. Aoyama, ultimately becomes fascinated by one particular young woman, but first impressions can often be horribly wrong....
Apparently, Audition had a record number of walkouts at a film festival due to its grisly content, and one woman passed out and was in need of emergency room attention. Wow. In my opinion it's more of a very unnerving thriller than something that repulsing, because there aren't many scenes that makes your stomach turn up until the ending.
But it's a great film nonetheless, and it's made by Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer), one of Japans most interesting directors. I've always liked the main actor, Ryo Ishibashi, and the first half of the film is a great build-up before things get really sick. Miike once said that if people such as the aforementioned woman walks out on his films due to graphic content, then he had done a good job and considered it a success.
Genre: Thriller
But it's a great film nonetheless, and it's made by Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer), one of Japans most interesting directors. I've always liked the main actor, Ryo Ishibashi, and the first half of the film is a great build-up before things get really sick. Miike once said that if people such as the aforementioned woman walks out on his films due to graphic content, then he had done a good job and considered it a success.
Genre: Thriller
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