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Audition
JAPAN · 2000

Audition

Takashi Miike
deception and hidden identity grief and loneliness predatory manipulation appearance versus reality obsession and desire
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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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This Film Influenced

→ The Ring (2002)

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