Edition |
Widescreen. |
Description |
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD. |
Cast |
Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Miyuki Matsuda, Renji Ishibashi, Jun Kunimura. |
Credits |
Music, Koji Endo ; director of photography, Hideo Yamamoto ; editor, Yasushi Shimamura. |
Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1999. |
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Unrated director's cut ; aspect ratio 1.85:1. |
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Based on the novel by Ryū Murakami. |
Audience |
Not rated by MPAA. |
Summary |
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. |
Note |
Special features: interview with Takashi Miike ; commentary by Takashi Miike ; Takashi Miike biography and filmography ; photo gallery ; trailers ; history of the Egyptian theatre. |
Language |
Japanese dialogue (2.0), with optional English subtitles. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Widowers -- Drama.
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Deception -- Drama.
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Revenge -- Drama.
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Motion pictures -- Japan.
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Murakami, Ryū, 1952- -- Film adaptations.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Added Author |
Miike, Takashi, 1960-
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Fukushima, Satoshi.
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Suyama, Akemi.
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Tengan, Daisuke.
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Ishibashi, Ryō, 1956-
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Shiina, Eihi, 1976-
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Sawaki, Tetsu.
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Matsuda, Miyuki.
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Ishibashi, Renji, 1941-
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Kunimura, Jun.
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Murakami, Ryū, 1952-
Ōdishon.
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American Cinematheque.
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Omega Project (Firm)
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Ventura Distribution, Inc.
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Note |
English title on container: Audition |
Music No. |
1222-7 Ventura Distribution |
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