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Audition

2000 · 115 min

A slow, unsettling descent from quiet romance into visceral horror, leaving you tense and disturbed long after.

Tagline: She always gets a part.
Overview: Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
isolation
betrayal
trauma
deception
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	9
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	9
Darkness	9
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: horror, drama
Directed by: Takashi Miike
Written by: Daisuke Tengan
Starring: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Jun Kunimura, Tetsu Sawaki, Renji Ishibashi, Miyuki Matsuda, Toshie Negishi, Yuriko Hirooka
Music: Koji Endo
Cinematography: Hideo Yamamoto
Runtime: 115 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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