Audition
She always gets a part.
2000 | 115m | Japanese
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Takashi Miike |
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| Writer: | Daisuke Tengan, Ryū Murakami |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 03, 2000 |
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| Director: | Takashi Miike |
| Writer: | Daisuke Tengan, Ryū Murakami |
| Genres: | Drama, Horror |
| Keywords | sadism, man looking for wife, psychological thriller, torture, pretty woman |
| Production Companies | Omega Project, Basara Pictures, Creators Company Connection |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $359,853
Budget: $250,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Nov 30, 2025 Entered: Nov 30, 2025 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ryo Ishibashi | Shigeharu Aoyama |
| Eihi Shiina | Asami Yamazaki |
| Jun Kunimura | Yasuhisa Yoshikawa |
| Tetsu Sawaki | Shigehiko Aoyama |
| Renji Ishibashi | Mr Shimada |
| Miyuki Matsuda | Ryoko Aoyama |
| Toshie Negishi | Rie |
| Yuriko Hirooka | Michiyo Yanagida |
| Shigeru Saiki | Toastmaster |
| Ken Mitsuishi | Director |
| Ren Osugi | Shibata |
| Kanji Tsuda | Bartender |
| Fumiyo Kohinata | TV Station Presenter |
| Misato Nakamura | Misuzu Takagi |
| Yuuto Arima | Young Shigehiko |
| Ayaka Izumi | Young Asami |
| Kimiko Tachibana | FM Announcer |
| Tatsuo Endō | Doctor |
| Koshio Jindôji | Nurse |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Yasushi Shimamura | Editor |
| Hideo Yamamoto | Director of Photography |
| Takashi Miike | Director |
| Daisuke Tengan | Screenplay |
| Koji Endo | Original Music Composer |
| Ryū Murakami | Novel |
| Tatsuo Ozeki | Production Design |
| Tomoe Kumagai | Costume Design |
| Kenji Shibasaki | Sound Effects Editor |
| Yûichi Matsui | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Satoshi Fukushima | Producer |
| Akemi Suyama | Producer |
| Toyoyuki Yokohama | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 24 | 29 | 14 |
| 2024 | 5 | 22 | 29 | 16 |
| 2024 | 6 | 28 | 44 | 19 |
| 2024 | 7 | 32 | 50 | 21 |
| 2024 | 8 | 26 | 37 | 18 |
| 2024 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 20 |
| 2024 | 10 | 30 | 45 | 23 |
| 2024 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 15 |
| 2024 | 12 | 20 | 26 | 13 |
| 2025 | 1 | 23 | 32 | 19 |
| 2025 | 2 | 20 | 38 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 10 | 6 | 36 | 3 |
| 2025 | 11 | 16 | 69 | 3 |
| 2025 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 11 | 722 | 722 |
You'll only love me. Wont you? As the film lovers of the Western World clamoured for more Asian horror, along came Ôdishon (Audition), a one of a kind sort of pic. Its positive reputation is well deserved, though what negative press exists is certainly understandable. Run time runs close to tw ... o hours, and for ninety minutes of that time the film trundles along at a sedate pace. Director Takashi Miike is exploring the key characters, deftly providing an overlay of grief management, loneliness, sadness and even cruelty. There's a deliberately hallucinatory vibe to the narrative, with many thematic beats ticking away, though answers are not readily available, where both the lead protagonist and antagonist have blurry mindsets, or do they? It all builds to the Grand Guignol last quarter, where the film has gained its wince inducing rep. Worth the wait? Yes it is for sure, even if it is tinged with a sense of disappointment that there's one too many twists for twist sake. 7/10