Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.
- sadism
- man looking for wife
- psychological thriller
- torture
- pretty woman
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Ryo Ishibashi
Shigeharu Aoyama
Eihi Shiina
Asami Yamazaki
Jun Kunimura
Yasuhisa Yoshikawa
Tetsu Sawaki
Shigehiko Aoyama
- Renji Ishibashi — Mr Shimada
- Miyuki Matsuda — Ryoko Aoyama
- Toshie Negishi — Rie
- Yuriko Hirooka — Michiyo Yanagida
- Shigeru Saiki — Toastmaster
- Ken Mitsuishi — Director
- Ren Osugi — Shibata
- Kanji Tsuda — Bartender
- Fumiyo Kohinata — TV Station Presenter
- Misato Nakamura — Misuzu Takagi
- Yuuto Arima — Young Shigehiko
- Directed
- Takashi Miike
- Written
- Daisuke Tengan
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 1,819 ratings
- Studio
- Basara Pictures, Creators Company Connection, Omega Project
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
