Audition

UNCUT SPECIAL EDITION

“ONE OF THE SCARIEST MOVIES EVER MADE” Variety

***** “A MASTERFUL HORRIFIC ACTION. ABSOLUTELY NOT FOR THE FEELINGS” Empire

"A TRUE MASTERPIECE" Quentin Tarantino

When Takashi Miike unleashed AUDITION at the end of the last century, audiences were completely unprepared. Reports from the Rotterdam Film Festival showed a stampede of shocked spectators leaving the cinema before the film was over (and they still missed the worst!). Suddenly, a whole new genre had been born, dubbed “torture porn” by one angry critic, which spawned extreme horror films like Saw, Hostel and Miike’s own Ichi the Killer. AUDITION often ranks high on magazines’ Best Horror Film lists, and among its fans are directors like Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth and Rob Zombie.

AUDITION is the story of widower Shigeharu. To help him find a new wife, his immoral friend, film producer Yasuhisa, arranges a fake audition. Among all the beautiful women, Shigeharu falls for the mysterious and quiet Asami, a former ballerina with an unclear past. Her way of submitting to Shigeharu makes him fall in love. But it's just a game. Soon Asami will show her true self, and it's not a pretty sight...

BONUS FEATURES * Introduction by the film's director, TAKASHI MIIKE * Interview with RYO ISHIBASHI who plays Shigeharu (16 min) * Interview with EIHI SHIINA who plays Asami (20 min) * Interview with RENJI ISHIBASHI who plays the old man in the wheelchair (21 min) * Interview with REN ÔSUGI who plays Shimada (16 min) * International trailer * Japanese trailer * Image gallery