First-Time Viewing

Audition

Release Date:August 8, 2001

Running Time:115 min

Genres:Drama, Horror

Director

Cast

Ryo Ishibashi Eihi Shiina Jun Kunimura Tetsu Sawaki Renji Ishibashi Miyuki Matsuda Toshie Negishi Yuriko Hirooka Shigeru Saiki Ken Mitsuishi Ren Osugi Kanji Tsuda

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

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.

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