Product Details

• Actors: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Teah, Michelle Reis, Kôji Kikkawa
• Directors: Takashi Miike
• Writers: Ai Kennedy, Daisuke Tengan, Ichiro Ryu, Kikumi Yamagishi, Ryû Murakami
• Producers: Akemi Suyama
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Chimera
• DVD Release Date: October 14, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000C52K0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #377,210 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Takashi Miike Collection (Audition/The City of Lost Souls/The Happiness of the Katakuris)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Audition: A shy, middle-aged widower, Aoyama, decides to chose his new wife by holding a phony audition for a nonexistent film. He falls for the demure and alluring Asami (Japanese fashion model Eihi Shiina), a former ballerina with a suspect past. Their polite timid courtship takes a 180-degree turn when Asami, trumping the stereotype of the submissive Asian woman, visits her revenge on Aoyama in the most nightmarish of ways. The film morphs from romance to psycho-thriller in the bat of a pierced eyelid. City of Lost Souls: Japanese-Brazilian Mario ( Teah, Dead or Alive 2) and Chinese hairdresser Kei (Michelle Reis, Fallen Angels) are lovers. They need cash for passports and bribes in order to stow away on a ship headed for a foreign country. Even though they are risking their lives, they hatch a wild plot to steal the money during a drug deal between the Chinese Mafia and the Japanese Yakuza. During the fight that ensues, Mario manages to steal cocaine to sell, but he ends up with a bigger problem – in the scuffle, Kei is captured by the Yakuza. In the climatic battle, Mario will have to fight harder than ever before to rescue Kei and gain freedom and happiness for both of them. Happiness of the Katakuris: A mind-bending change of pace for the enfant terrible director Takeshi Miike (Auditiion, Dead or Alive, City of Lost Souls), The Happiness of the Katakuris is a cheerfully grotesque, anything goes musical comedy about a quaint family-run inn, where all the guests seem to die in bizarre fashion after checking in. Miike throws hilarious surreal claymation into the mix, along with a delusional secret agent and a host of karaoke-style musical numbers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Box Set, July 21, 2005

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walstib11 "walstib11" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Takashi Miike Collection (Audition/The City of Lost Souls/The Happiness of the Katakuris) (DVD)

Audition is definetly the best of these three. Some gore towards the end but overall not as graphic as many japanese horror films. Nice plot and some scary moments lead up to a nice ending. City of Lost Souls is a decent movie with some humorous scenes. Violent and fast paced. Another good ending. Finally Happiness of the Katakuris is a big laugh unto itself. A musical horror comedy if that is imaginable. Overall this box set is a good sampling of Takashi Miike movies and clearly shows three very different styles.

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars WOW!!!, November 1, 2004

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jpeib (A shack in the mountains) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Takashi Miike Collection (Audition/The City of Lost Souls/The Happiness of the Katakuris) (DVD)

This film is very disturbing, even for a former Army Sniper! Not many movies truley disturb me, some are disgusting (blood and guts) some are scary (Boo!) but this one is almost a snuff film. I wouldn't give it 5 stars because its really unsettling and not everyone should watch this movie. I ran out and saw it after seeing a few clips on Bravo and I will buy it now.

People think American's are sick, but this (and Unit 731 and Bataan...) may make people think twice.