Audition

DVD 2009

Audition is a deeply disturbing meditation on the war between the sexes masquerading as a horror film. Aoyama is a lonely Japanese film producer and widower who lives with his teenage son. One evening his son tells him he's starting to look old, and that he should remarry. With the help of pal Yoshikawa he stages a film audition, ostensibly to cast a new film, but really to find a new wife. Smitten by willowy Asami--whose résumé tells of a...

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ISBN:

9781603993180

Edition:

2-disc collector's edition

Description:

2 videodiscs (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
mixed
Dolby
NTSC
video file
DVD video

Target Audience Note:

Other Title:

Ôdishon

Notes:

Credits from subtitles and the film's entry on the IMDb
Cinematography, Hideo Yamamoto ; editor, Yasushi Shimamura ; music composed by Koji Endo ; special makeup effects by Yuichi Matsui
Special features: editor, Yasu Inoue ; translator, Midori Inoue
Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Miyuki Matshuda, Toshie Negishi, Tetsu Sawaki, Ken Mitsuishi, Shigeru Saiki, Ren Osugi, Renji Ishibashi
Originally produced as a Japanese motion picture in 1999
DVD; NTSC; Dolby digital 5.0 surround, 2.0 stereo; widescreen (16:9) presentation 1.85:1
In Japanese with optional subtitles in English

Contents:

Disc one, feature film Arts and crafts
Promises
Dim the lights
Morning drinks
No words
Seclusion
Behind closed doors
Stairway
Glasses raised
Paralysis
Awake
End credits (115 min.); Special features: Audio commentary with director Takeshi Miike and screenwriter Daisuke Tengan, moderated by film writer Masato Kobayashi [audio feature]
Disc two. Special features: Tokyo-Hollywood: Ryo Ishibashi [featurette] / Outcast Cinema ; producer, Mark Walkow ; an Outcast Cinema production in association with Shout! Factory (2009) (16 min.)
From "Audition" to vampire girl: Eihi Shiina / Outcast Cinema ; producer, Mark Walkow ; an Outcast Cinema production in association with Shout! Factory (2009) (20 min.)
Miike's toy: Renji Ishibashi / Outcast Cinema ; producer, Mark Walkow ; an Outcast Cinema production in association with Shout! Factory (2009) (21 min.)
Man in the bag speaks: Ren Osugi / Outcast Cinema ; producer, Mark Walkow ; an Outcast Cinema production in association with Shout! Factory (2009) (16 min.); International trailer (1 min.); Japanese trailer (2 min.); Booklet includes "Audition: an essay" by Tom Mes

Control Number:

674878

UPC:

826663116960

Other Authors:

AFDF-Korea (Firm)
Body Sonic, Inc. (Firm)
Creators Company Connection (Firm)
Endō, Kōji, 1964- composer
Fukushima, Satoshi, producer
Ishibashi, Renji, 1941- actor
Ishibashi, Ryō, 1956- actor
Matsuda, Miyuki, actor
Miike, Takashi, 1960- director
Mitsuishi, Ken, 1961- actor
Murakami, Ryū, 1952- Ōdishon
Negishi, Toshie, actor
Omega Purojekuto
Outcast Cinema (Firm)
Ōsugi, Ren, actor
Saiki, Shigeru, actor
Sawaki, Tetsu, 1982- actor
Shiina, Eihi, 1976- actor
Shout! Factory (Firm)
Suyama, Akemi, producer
Tengan, Daisuke, screenwriter
Walkow, Mark, producer

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