History Film / Audition

* GirlWithPsychoWeapon: [[spoiler: The fact that the needles and piano wire are so delicate and she's so beautiful makes it infinitely worse.]]

* LecherousStepparent: [[spoiler: Asami's evil stepfather sexually abused her when she was just a child.]]

* TooDesperateToBePicky: The Man In The Bag [[spoiler: is willing to lap up fresh vomit out of a doggie bowl. Thought it's likely he's beyond psychologically broken at this point to even care what is it he is lapping up.]]

* VillainousIncest: [[spoiler: Asami's stepfather physically and sexually abused Asami when she was a little girl. This resulted in her becoming psychologically damaged]].
* VomitDiscretionShot: Asami [[spoiler: induces vomiting just around a corner, and then immediately subverts it when she brings the brimming bowl of puke in for her former boyfriend to eat]].

[[caption-width-right:350:Just a sweet candidate for our hero's love story, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial nothing more.]][[note]]This is pretty much the most descriptive image of the film we can show, as ''every single poster'' [[SpoilerCover gives a bit too much away.]][[/note]]]]

* MindScrew: Pretty much everything after [[spoiler:Aoyama decides to try finding a missing Asami himself]] dives headfirst into surrealism territory, up to and including [[GainaxEnding its ending]].

* FantasticDrug: The paralyzing agent [[spoiler:Asami]] uses on [[spoiler:Aoyama]] is fictional. WordOfGod is that they made it up because the film would have been difficult to finish otherwise.

* MissingMom: Aoyama's wife/Shigehiko's mother dies of an unspecified illness at the very start of the film.

''Audition'' is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Creator/TakashiMiike. In the years since its release, it's gained equal levels of infamy and respect, and it's had a significant influence on later generations of filmmakers, with its ranks of fans including Creator/EliRoth, Creator/JohnLandis and Music/RobZombie -- which may give some insight to what kind of film this is.

Oh, one more thing about the film's story -- it follows a...''[[{{Understatement}} unique]]'' path into revealing its true nature, and viewers will benefit the most going in knowing as little as possible. As a result, discussing tropes found within this work '''will essentially spoil the entire film'''. If you're one of the few who ''[[ItWasHisSled doesn't]]'' know how it unfolds, '''[[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned it's strongly advised you watch the movie first, then come back]]'''.

''Audition'' is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Creator/TakashiMiike. In the years since its release, it's gained equal levels of infamy and respect for both its story and how it goes about presenting it, and it's had a significant influence on later generations of filmmakers, with its ranks of fans including Creator/EliRoth, Creator/JohnLandis and Music/RobZombie -- which may give some insight to what kind of film this is.

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%%* EvilCripple: Asami's stepfather.

* StepfordSmiler: Asami. "I was never happy. ''I was always unhappy''." ''[pulls razor wire tight]''

* TongueTrauma: Not mangled. Removed entirely and left on the floor. [[spoiler:Asami also injects Aoyama's tongue with a huge syringe.]]
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: The torture sequence in this movie was wrenching enough to disturb a number of seasoned gorehound directors including Creator/EliRoth, Creator/JohnLandis, and ''Music/RobZombie''.

* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Asami's major issue with Aoyama is that he lied to her. Not about the fake audition, not about making a bunch of women believe they were going to be movie stars, not about playing on the disappointment of the rejects to get himself a wife. She's mad because, as far as she could tell, he lied about loving ''only her'', leading to a serious case of DisproportionateRetribution (see below).

* DistressedDude: Aoyama in the finale.

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* EvilCripple: Asami's stepfather.

They set up a mock [[TitleDrop audition]] where a lineup of women are interviewed to see if they're most fit for the "part" of Shigeharu's new wife, with the goal that he would marry the most beautiful and charming of the women.

After the first round of interviews, he finds himself falling in love with Asami Yamazaki (Creator/EihiShiina), a beautiful, soft-spoken former ballerina who was forced to quit dancing after an injury. He calls her...and shortly thereafter, his life takes a strange turn.

''Audition'' is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Creator/TakashiMiike. In the years since its release, it's gained equal levels of infamy and respect for both its story and how it goes about presenting it, and it's had a significant influence on later generations of filmmakers.

Oh, one more thing about the film's story -- it takes a...''[[{{Understatement}} unique]]'' path into revealing its true nature, and viewers will benefit the most going in knowing as little as possible. As a result, discussing tropes found within this work '''will essentially spoil the entire film'''. If you're one of the few who ''[[ItWasHisSled doesn't]]'' know how it unfolds, '''[[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned it's strongly advised you watch the movie first, then come back]]'''.

''Audition'' is a 1999 film directed by Creator/TakashiMiike. In the years since its release, it's gained equal levels of infamy and respect for both its story and how it goes about presenting it, and it's had a significant influence on later generations of filmmakers.

[[caption-width-right:350:Just a sweet candidate for our hero's love story, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial nothing more.]][[note]]...and also the most descriptive image of the film we can show, as ''every single poster'' [[SpoilerCover gives a bit too much away.]][[/note]]]]

''Audition'' is a 1999 film directed by Creator/TakashiMiike. In the years since its release, it's gained equal levels of infamy and respect for the presentation of its story, and it's had a significant influence on more recent generations.

Another thing about the film's story: it takes a...''unique'' path into revealing its true nature, and benefits the most from going in knowing as little as possible. As a result, discussing tropes found within this work '''will essentially spoil the entire film'''. If you're one of the few who ''[[ItWasHisSled doesn't]]'' know how it unfolds, '''[[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned it's strongly advised you watch the movie first, then come back]]'''.

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Every so often, a movie comes along that makes you wonder about the mental health of the director. Creator/TakashiMiike has built his career on movies like this. ''Audition'' (1999) is a perfect example of the sort of movie that you have to watch through your fingers, with an air discomfort bag nearby. Don't believe us? Read on...

Based on the novel by Creator/RyuMurakami, the story involves a lonely widower named Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi), still mourning the death of his wife, who is encouraged by his friend Yoshikawa and his 17-year-old son Shigehiko to begin dating again. They set up a mock audition, with the goal that he would marry the most beautiful and charming of the women.

After the first round of interviews, he finds himself falling in love with a beautiful, soft-spoken former ballerina, Asami Yamazaki (Creator/EihiShiina), who was forced to quit dancing after an injury. He calls her...and shortly thereafter, everything starts going horribly wrong for him.

''...kiiiiri kiri kiri kiri...''

* SpoilerCover: The film disguises itself as a love story for its first half before its descent into horror, but its DVD cover prominently displaying its "love interest" playing with RazorWire and syringes completely ruins the GenreShift surprise.

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