Audition is an art-house cult horror film that will be talked about for a long time to come. Ryo Ishibashi stars as Aoyama, a single father who has not dated since his wife died seven years earlier. To help find another woman to bring joy into Aoyama's charmless life, his best friend, television producer Yoshikawa, convinces Aoyama that they should add a fake part to a show they are auditioning actresses for - a role that will become Aoyama's real-life companion. After a series of comical auditions, in walks a woman whom Aoyama thinks is perfect - Asami, played by former model Eihi Shiina. But when Aoyama proves too tentative in his courting--and starts learning odd things about Asami's past - she decides to exact a revenge that filmgoers will never forget.

Director Takashi Miike's film, based on the novel by Ryu Murakami, begins like a slow-moving romance, carefully developing the characters and their maturing relationships. But suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, the mood and pace change, smashing viewers over the head with fast cuts between the past and the present, with dreamlike images that turn into torrid nightmares, with screams and shouts where there had been soft-spoken whispers, with blood and violence that replaces love and longing. The last section of the film is one of the most brutal torture scenes ever put on celluloid, and it is definitely not for the faint of heart. But even in its gore-filled shockingness, the film is beautiful to look at, a monumental achievement by a director willing to take chances and challenge his audience.

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Product Title:	Audition (Collector's Edition) (US Version) Audition (Collector's Edition) (US Version) Audition (Collector's Edition) (US Version) Audition (Collector's Edition) (US Version) Audition (Collector's Edition) (US Version)
Artist Name(s):	Ishibashi Ryo (Actor) \| Osugi Ren (Actor) \| Ishibashi Renji (Actor) \| Matsuda Miyuki (Actor) \| Sawaki Tetsu (Actor) \| Miike Takashi \| Murakami Ryu \| Hideo Yamamoto 石橋凌 (Actor) \| 大杉漣 (Actor) \| 石橋蓮司 (Actor) \| 松田美由紀 (Actor) \| Sawaki Tetsu (Actor) \| 三池崇史 \| 村上龍 \| Hideo Yamamoto 石桥凌 (Actor) \| 大杉涟 (Actor) \| 石桥莲司 (Actor) \| 松田美由纪 (Actor) \| Sawaki Tetsu (Actor) \| Miike Takashi \| 村上龙 \| Hideo Yamamoto 石橋凌 (Actor) \| 大杉漣 (Actor) \| 石橋蓮司 (Actor) \| 松田美由紀 (Actor) \| 沢木哲 (Actor) \| 三池崇史 \| Murakami Ryu \| ＨｉｄｅｏＹａｍａｍｏｔｏ Ishibashi Ryo (Actor) \| Osugi Ren (Actor) \| Ishibashi Renji (Actor) \| Matsuda Miyuki (Actor) \| Sawaki Tetsu (Actor) \| Miike Takashi \| Murakami Ryu \| Hideo Yamamoto
Director:	Miike Takashi 三池崇史 Miike Takashi 三池崇史 Miike Takashi
Producer:	Satoshi Hukushima \| Akemi Suyama \| Soji Fukushima Satoshi Hukushima \| Akemi Suyama \| Soji Fukushima Satoshi Hukushima \| Akemi Suyama \| Soji Fukushima Satoshi Hukushima \| Akemi Suyama \| Soji Fukushima Satoshi Hukushima \| Akemi Suyama \| Soji Fukushima
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Release Date:	2009-10-06
UPC Code:	826663116960
Country of Origin:	Japan
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	Not Rated
Publisher:	Shout! Factory
Other Information:	2 DVDs
Package Weight:	150 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1021174496

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Director: Takashi Miike

DVD Features:

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Collectors Edition
Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - Japanese
Dolby Digital 5.0 - Japanese
Subtitles - English

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Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 7 - 7.8 out of 10 (19)

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January 4, 2006

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Disturbing Customer Review Rated Bad 7 - 7 out of 10

I admit that there was a nothing much going on for the first few minutes of the movie. However, as it went along and more truths about the girl is uncovered, it becomes very interesting and disturbing. You must have a strong stomach to be able to finish this movie.