Genre: Horror, Murder, Experimental, Suspense, Disturbing, Femme Fatale, Revenge
Tagline: She always gets a part
Plot: The president of a video production company, a widower, decides to hold an audition to find his new bride, using the excuse of a possibly-to-be-made movie to survey the female field. However, once she's off the casting couch, his actress is not so sweet. Aoyama Shigeharu (Ishibashi Ryo) is a middle-aged president of a video production company, left alone with a teen-age son when his wife died seven years before. At his son's prompting, he finally starts to think about remarrying, but the method he chooses for selecting his potential bride is unusual, to say the least. On the idea of his friend Yoshikawa (Kunimura Jun), he decides to hold an audition, using the excuse of a possibly-to-be-made movie to survey the female field. Looking at the resumes, he actually comes across one, from a Yamasaki Asami (Shiina Eihi), that peaks his interest. The essay she wrote, relating the loss of her childhood dream (to study ballet) and the specter of death that she faced, shows a maturity the others do not. When it comes to the actual audition, Aoyama ends up ignoring most of the other women, and promptly calls Asami that night. They seem to hit it off well, with Aoyama eventually deciding to propose to her on a trip to the seashore, but after they sleep together, with Asami asking him to
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 Good film, but not something you'd really expect. More of an actor-driven movie with a very good plot that leads to a whacked out ending. Not really recommended unless you don't mind waiting an hour for the horror to start. Might be a good film for all you plot lovers though. 6/10-- (UHM)
I'd expect fans of Japanese cinema to enjoy this, and certainly the last third of it is perfect for those that enjoy the more extreme side of horror, but for the majority of genre fans this doesn't cut it. Miike is quite popular (as far as Asian horror directors go), but if all his stuff is edited and filmed like this I can't see why.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie because of it's genius directing and storytelling. Go rent this now, if you’re ready for some creepiness.  --Bad_Generation (Bloody-Disgusting.com)
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| Directed by |
Takashi Miike
Ichi the Killer, Visitor Q, The Happiness of the Katakuris |
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| Music By |
Kôji Endô
Visitor Q, The Happiness of the Katakuris, One Missed Call |
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A clever, well thought out, disturbing horror drama, which deserves almost all the credit that it can get. So... why didn't I give it five stars? Well, you see, I didn't really understand the ending, so it didn't make much sense to me.  --AnthroFred (SlasherPool)
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