Audition
(DVD)
Contributors
Fukushima, Satoshi, producer.
Suyama, Akemi, producer.
Tengan, Daisuke, screenwriter.
Miike, Takashi, 1960- director,
Ishibashi, Ryō, 1956- actor.
Suyama, Akemi, producer.
Tengan, Daisuke, screenwriter.
Miike, Takashi, 1960- director,
Ishibashi, Ryō, 1956- actor.
Published
Santa Monica, Calif. : Lions Gate Home Entertainment, [2005].
Format
DVD
Edition
Uncut special edition ; widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
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Published
Santa Monica, Calif. : Lions Gate Home Entertainment, [2005].
Edition
Uncut special edition ; widescreen version.
Language
English
UPC
031398178972
Notes
General Note
Based on the novel "Ōdishon" by Ryu Murakami.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999.
General Note
Special features: DVD introduction with director Takashi Miike ; Select scene commentary with director Takashi Miike ; Director interview ; Photo gallery ; Bravo's 100 scariest movie moments segment ; Ryu Murakami interview ; Trailers.
Creation/Production Credits
Music, Koji Endo ; director of photography, Hideo Yamamoto ; editor, Yasushi Shimamura.
Participants/Performers
Ryō Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Miyuki Matsuda, Renji Ishibashi, Jun Kunimura.
Description
A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition for a phony film, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all and the widower becomes drawn into her sadistic and vengeful world.
System Details
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround.
Language
In Japanese with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed captioned.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Courtship -- Drama.
Drama.
Feature films -- Japan.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Horror films -- Japan.
Horror films.
Japan -- Drama.
Loneliness -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Mentally ill women -- Drama.
Murakami, Ryū, -- 1952- -- Film adaptations.
Sadism -- Drama.
Torture -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Widowers -- Drama.
Drama.
Feature films -- Japan.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Horror films -- Japan.
Horror films.
Japan -- Drama.
Loneliness -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Mentally ill women -- Drama.
Murakami, Ryū, -- 1952- -- Film adaptations.
Sadism -- Drama.
Torture -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Widowers -- Drama.
Other Subjects
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Fukushima, S., Suyama, A., Tengan, D., Miike, T., Ishibashi, R., Shiina, E., Sawaki, T., Matsuda, M., Ishibashi, R., Kunimura, J., & Murakami, R. (2005). Audition (Uncut special edition ; widescreen version.). Lions Gate Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Satoshi, Fukushima et al.. 2005. Audition. Santa Monica, Calif.: Lions Gate Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Satoshi, Fukushima et al.. Audition Santa Monica, Calif.: Lions Gate Home Entertainment, 2005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Fukushima, Satoshi,, et al. Audition Uncut special edition ; widescreen version., Lions Gate Home Entertainment, 2005.
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