The trailer and two Italian clips of Audition (1999), cult Japanese horror film directed by Takashi Miike, the director of Ichi The Killer, Visitor Q and Yakuza Apocalypse.
Based on the novel of the same name by Ryû Murakami, Audition is considered one of Takashi Miike's best films and will arrive in Italian theaters as a "special event," in a restored edition, on Jan. 23-24-25 thanks to WANTED Cinema, a distribution house dedicated to "sought-after" independent cinema.
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Audition features Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi), a middle-aged man who has been widowed for several years. On the advice of his son, the man reaches out to his friend Yasuhisa Yoshigawa, a film producer who arranges for him to audition for a film that will never be made but is intended to introduce many girls to the widower. At the audition, Shigeharu falls in love with Asami (Eihi Shiina), a sweet young former dancer with whom he begins a relationship that soon turns into an unimaginable nightmare.
The cast includes Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Jun Kunimura, Tetsu Sawaki, Renji Ishibashi, Miyuki Matsuda, Toshie Negishi, Ren Ôsugi, and Ken Mitsuishi.
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