Audition (1999)
AKA: Odishon
Year: 1999
Directed by: Takashi Miike
Starring: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina
Country: Japan, Asian Cinema
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Runtime: 01:55:35
Genres: Old-Young, Rape/Sexual Violence against Men, Rape/Sexual Violence against Women, Serial Killers, Torture
Plot – Spoilers:
Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) is a widower who is getting old and feeling the effects of loneliness as his teenage son appears to be moving on with his life. He confides in his friend Yoshikawa (Jun Kunimura) who is well known in the film industry. Yoshikawa arranges a bizarre audition wherein young beautiful women are called up ostensibly for a movie part, but the actual purpose of the audition is to find Aoyama a life partner. Aoyama goes along with the plan and is soon smitten by a very graceful and submissive looking Asami Yamazaki (Eihi Shiina).
Yoshikawa is a bit suspicious of her because her references don’t appear to check out, but by now, Aoyama is too far gone in his love for the mysterious Asami. What he finds in Asami to his horrid surprise is a twisted maniacal psychopath who grew up experiencing brutality and sadism as a child and who has now morphed into a serial killer of men with an extremely sadistic penchant for torture that she has honed across her many killings.
Favorite scenes:
During the Auditions, when Aoyama first catches a glimpse of Asami, she has her back to him in a crowded room and yet soemthing about the scene conveys her poise and grace that has Aoyama absolutely smitten.
The pathetic man squirming around in the sack. He has lost all sense and dignity of a human being and has debased into an animal that only craves for survival and nourishment.
Obviously the torture scenes. They come as such a stark and shocking contrast to all the feminine grace and poise exhibited by Asami until then. Especially when she injects Aoyama with a drug that paralyzes him but leaves with the sensation of pain – brutal.
This and Vistor Q are the only movies by Takashi Miike I’ve found enjoyable so far.
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There is no substitute for Christianity. The only alternatives presented over the past hundred years are Marxist/ Neo-Pagan religions which are unobjective in their views, doctrines and practices, allowing it to be easily molded by the Jews in media.
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This is a rare gem. Very rarely do we get a movie that pushes the limits on gore, while also having something to say. The macabre feels essential, heightened by the soften music and stellar writing throughout the film. Like Happiness or mysterious skin. This is an amazing movie, while not as disturbing as I would have thought, it was very refreshing to have a narrative that had real writing behind it. With actors who pull it off and then some.
Had to watch after reading the book- I hate to say it but the film was underwhelming in comparison. I was expecting so much more, I knew there would obviously be differences between the two but the film feels a lot more confused. I think it would’ve made the world of difference to have included a good few more scenes from the book for the sake of cohesion and to make much more solid characters. There were many things that felt glossed over and didn’t make much sense as a result- a lot of scenes seem pointless because of this. The receptionist’s relationship with aoyama felt unnecessary and added nothing to the plot, and why was shiges gf in those hallucinatory sex scenes??? Unless you’ve read the book and know the full story I’d imagine it’s difficult to understand why things progress in the way they do and the motivations behind characters. Idk it felt rushed somehow, some pretty plot heavy scenes were left out that would’ve really helped tie the whole story together- without those scenes it leaves quite big gaps in plot and character development which I think are very necessary in telling this story the right way. Overall I’m glad I watched the film and it definitely had some good moments such as the audition process montage and some shots like in the hotel bed transitioning to aoyama waking up with asami gone were very nice and well done, but I personally think as a whole it… Read more »
he put a foot wrong at the end
She made me mad because I feel like he didn’t deserve that
The best psychological horror film ever made.
10/10
All the fucked up Japanese movies & I can’t find Helter Skelter on HERE of all places?! WTF. Not a request just saying it’s annoying.
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Well I’ve heard a lot about this film over the years so I was expecting a gore fest but it wasn’t that at all. The lead just wanted someone to love. I was expecting more from it but I did like the flits back and forth from her childhood building a back story. I liked the visuals that she was dressed in white making her out to be pure until the last quarter of the film. It did get a bit confusing trying to work out if he was dreaming or its reality. Overall I’d say 7/10.
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What!? What a boring movie ughh. Do yourself a favor and fast forward it to only 18 min left. Even that is boring. Why such a high rating!! Great movie before you want to have a snore fest. Yawnnnnn!!
come on guys, don’t whine like a donkey, only with network problems I live in the countryside but there are no problems complaining about the internet network
It’s no surprise that I find Takashi Miike a paradigmatic film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He has directed over one hundred theatrical, video, and television productions, His international breakthrough came with Audition (1999), and since then he has had an ever-expanding cult following in the west. An accomplished, illustrative, and prolific director, Miike has directed films known for their explicit and taboo representations of violence and sex.
I aspire to be like her.
Good for her
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Don’t argue with based dickheads. period
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Fuck no, the dog
women are dumb & instable
Over two decades later and this piece of pure excellence still hits the right spot. A truly wonderful film with the correct mix of drama.. pace… Storytelling and horror. . .
One of my all time favs.
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this is not effed up it´s just heartbreaking
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Hello EUM community <3 We missed u alot. After a long hiatus, the pussybitch lads are back and stronger than ever. We even had a gril watching this movie with us 2nite, can u believe? Anyways, feelings about the movie were mixed. Favorite scene was the kick down the stairs, that was really badass. And when the gril tried to spray the kid with 1 million perfume, that was very lol. Alright, thats enough for today, hope u enjoyed this review. Leave a comment below.
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– pussybitch lads + 1 gril
This one of my all time favourites
the most feminist movie I’ve seen by far, I personally see it as the uncovering of women’ traumas from relationships. beautiful shots filled with loneliness that we all inherit from childhood.
thank you, effedup, for the ability to find more movies like this <з
tried watching this with my mom
she made it to an hour and a half
I really hated this, but I’ve learned to not flinch at things like this anymore.
I’m sorry, this is SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL, I FEEL ENLIGHTENED! SORRY FOR CALLING YOU FUCKED UP CAUSE IM EVEN FUCKEDER
Lol you fucked up motherfuckers, all fucked in the head, what are you ven doing with your stupid meaningless life, get some help if you watch this fucked up stuff, my god!
I am 100% sure that almost all Americans who watch this movie will be very sad about the dog.
thank you for sharing!! I enjoys every movie I watch in this site
fucking dog killer saddest part really
The only thing f’d up about this movie is that I sat through this dog shit…..
thanks for uploading, although i watched the movie on another site and didn’t enjoy it, much appreciated still 🙂
Love, love, love this site! Great content and I have minimal problems with the streaming. So keep it up and thank you!!
Love your website, but wanted to comment re- buffering on laptops versus desktops.
I find that the desktop works best and the movies play on first click. On my Ipad I have to buggerise around 3-4 times before it starts to play. I go from option 1 – nothing, then 2 which takes me to some weird unrelated site and so on. Eventually it plays but not before I’ve wasted 5-10 minutes going backwards and forwards. I prefer it via my desktop as it works first time round. Why? I don’t know. If anyone knows please inform us. Oh and for some reason trying to watch it on TV via the HDMI connection no longer works. It did last week. BUt this week? Nada. Zilch. Blank screen. Thanks.
No problems here and I use my phone and cast to tv via Chromecast
Sad movie where nobody wins. He genuinely loves this girl for her mature outlook on life but she’s too caught up in revenge to see his true intentions.
Might have been more intriguing if the son never came home to stop her and right on his last breath Aoyama says “Asami, I loved you.” It could open the possibility for a redemption story. Still a good watch though.
Really a wonderful site. I have watched the Audition movie from your site only because of the resolution and continuous streaming without any interruption. As the first man said, I found your website only when I am searching google to try this movie for seeing through online with english subtitles. Kudos to everyone who are maintaining this website. Keep it up. I request you to add more such award won movies.
I thought this was a very good movie and I can’t understand the vitreole of that Bill guy. This is a Awsome site, occasionally the movies stop and buffer. I just go back thirty seconds, play for 5 seconds, then go forward 30 seconds. This nearly always resolves the problem and I am just streaming to my telly from my iPad. As I said Awsome site, I would like to suggest a star rating system for each movie, or maybe bloody knives instead of stars,lol. I really love the site and thankyou?
my internet is slow, is there a way I can watch this/these movies in a lower quality?
This is the worst site ever. I have a top of the line laptop, and great internet but this fuck site just buffers. Its not worth the visit make sure your fucking content work stupid bitch
This movie helped me find this website so, thanks! It starts with a very slow and winding build up and eventually ends in the iconic and chaotic last couple of minutes. I can tell this movie has a lot of symbology and replay value, but my socks were not completely blown off on my first viewing. It is still an excellent movie and a must watch, just the first impression didn’t have me starstruck.
First Impression: 7.4