Audition
dir. Takashi Miike · 2000
The search for connection can lead to dangerous obsessions that reveal the darker sides of desire and vulnerability.
"Audition" is a chilling exploration of desire and deception, where the quest for love spirals into a nightmarish descent into obsession. Takashi Miike crafts a haunting narrative that blurs the lines between reality and illusion, leaving viewers questioning the true nature of intimacy.
In Tokyo, Shigeharu Aoyama is a widower that grieves the loss of his wife and raises his son Shigehiko Aoyama alone. Seven years later, the teenage Shigehiko asks why his middle-aged father does not remarry and Shigeharu meets his friend Yasuhisa Yoshikawa, who is a film producer, and tells his intention. However, Shigeharu has difficulties to approach to available women to date and Yasuhisa decide to organize a sham audition for casting the lead actress for the fake movie. They receive several portfolios of candidates and Shigeharu becomes obsessed by the gorgeous Asami Yamazaki. Despite the advice of the experienced Yasuhisa, Shigeharu calls Asami to date and he falls for her. But who is the mysterious Asami?
