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Takashi Miike
Director -
Daisuke Tengan
Screenplay -
Ryū Murakami
Novel -
Koji Endo
Original Music Composer -
Kenji Shibasaki
Sound Effects Editor -
Yasushi Shimamura
Editor -
Hideo Yamamoto
Director of Photography -
Satoshi Fukushima
Producer
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John Chard 5/16/2024 3:22:12 PM
You'll only love me. Wont you? As the film lovers of the Western World clamoured for more Asian horror, along came Ôdishon (Audition), a one of a kind sort of pic. Its positive reputation is well deserved, though what negative press exists is certainly understandable. Run time runs close to two hours, and for ninety minutes of that time the film trundles along at a sedate pace. Director Takashi Miike is exploring the key characters, deftly providing an overlay of grief management, loneliness, sadness and even cruelty. There's a deliberately hallucinatory vibe to the narrative, with many thematic beats ticking away, though answers are not readily available, where both the lead protagonist and antagonist have blurry mindsets, or do they? It all builds to the Grand Guignol last quarter, where the film has gained its wince inducing rep. Worth the wait? Yes it is for sure, even if it is tinged with a sense of disappointment that there's one too many twists for twist sake. 7/10
Ken Mitsuishi
DirectorFumiyo Kohinata
TV Station PresenterJun Kunimura
Yasuhisa YoshikawaRen Osugi
ShibataRenji Ishibashi
Mr ShimadaKanji Tsuda
BartenderYuriko Hirooka
Michiyo YanagidaToshie Negishi
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