Audition is a Japanese horror film directed by Takashi Miike and based on a novel of the same name by Ryu Murakami. Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi), a seven-years-widower , is encouraged by his son, Shigehiko (Tetsu Sawaki), to start dating again. He accepts the plan and immediately falls in love with Asami Yamazaki (Eihi Shiina).