Audition (Collector's Edition)

When maverick director Miike Takashi unleashed this stylish slice of extreme cinema upon his unsuspecting audience, few were ready for what they were about to see. Since then, this twisted vision of a hell on earth has become a notorious, critically acclaimed classic. Following his son's advice, widower Shigeharu Aoyama decides that it's time to look for a new wife. By devising a plan to audition for the part of a female lead in a non-existent production, he uses his professional position to track her down. Among the many applicants, he is struck by the mysterious charms of Asami, a quiet, 24-year-old woman. It transpires that Asami is responsive to his attentions, and Aoyama becomes convinced that she is the woman for him. But when he asks her to accompany him on a romantic holiday things take a dark and disturbing turn. Soon Aoyama will discover that there is a side to Asami that he could never have imagined, even in his most depraved nightmares.