The upcoming movie is said to be a take on the 1997 Japanese horror thriller novel Audition by Ryū Murakami, which was adapted into the 1999 film of the same name directed by leg ...

For anyone who has never seen Audition, the movie is most satisfying when you ... before suddenly diving into the deep end of grotesque horror. Audition is the perfect example of a successful ...

Miike recalled how “when horror movies became popular in Japan, everyone was watching Hollywood movies” and filmmakers began to “rebel against that.” “The feeling that only Japanese ...

Miike Takashi and producer Misako Saka on women in Japanese film industry, 'cheap' horror budgets and not being 'conscious' of audiences.