Audition

For actors, being fully memorized is the bare minimum. It frees you to react to adjustments from the casting director. In the Room

could hear the low hum of voices and the occasional scrape of a chair. He squeezed the worn edges of his script, the ink smudged where his thumb had rested for the last hour. This wasn't just any audition; it was for the lead in The Last Echo , the play that had practically lived in his head since he first read it. Audition

The film follows Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi), a middle-aged widower and television producer. Encouraged by his son to remarry, Aoyama is hesitant about dating. His film-producer friend, Yoshikawa, suggests a deceptive scheme: they will hold a fake audition for a movie role to find a suitable wife for Aoyama. For actors, being fully memorized is the bare minimum

How to Slate | Record a Great Audition Slate (With Examples) He squeezed the worn edges of his script,

Critics praise director Miike's mastery of suspense and the "unsettlingly effective" performance by Eihi Shiina (Asami). It currently holds a "Certified Fresh" status on Rotten Tomatoes .