Takashi Miike on FIRST LOVE and the death of Yakuza films

Takashi Miike on cinema role model, Nagisa Oshima

On March 3, 2000 “Audition” opened in Japan! Directed by Takashi Miike, based on the 1997 novel by Ryu Murakami. Starring Ryo Ishibashi and Eihi Shiina, the film is about a widower, Shigeharu Aoyama (Ishibashi), who stages a phony audition to meet a potential new romantic partner. After interviewing several women, Aoyama becomes interested in Asami (Shiina), whose dark past affects their relationship. | On This Day In Horror