Audition (1999)
aka Ôdishon
Genre: Horror | Thriller
Country: Japan | Director: Takashi Miike
Language: Japanese | Subtitles: English (Optional, embedded in Mkv file)
Aspect ratio: Widescreen 1.85:1 | Length: 115mn
Bdrip H264 Mkv – 1920×1036 – 24fps – 5.47gb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235198/
Audio 2: Commentary by Director Takashi Miike and Writer Daisuke Tengan
(Japanese with Optional English Subtitles)
Audio 3: Commentary by Film Critic Tom Mes
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 the widower can select a new potential bride from the resulting audition pool. The widower ultimately becomes enamored with and fascinated by one particular young woman…but first impressions can often be horribly wrong…
If you want the full sledgehammer-to-the-stomach effect of Audition, stop reading this review now. Just watch it and take the consequences. At first glance, Takashi Miike’s jack in the box of a movie works like a romantic comedy: amiable widower Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) decides it’s time to find a new wife, and a friend suggests holding a fake audition to find the right girl. It soon becomes clear that there is something wrong with Aoyama’s choice. This is no ordinary Fatal Attraction-style thriller, however; Audition slowly and carefully builds into a wrenching exploration of both deep male fears and the stereotype of the cute, submissive Japanese woman. Audition is by no means an easy movie to watch–even hardcore horror fans may have trouble–but it will stay with you for a long, long time.
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