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Cast
Ryo Ishibashi (Shigeharu Aoyama)Eihi Shiina (Asami Yamazaki)Tetsu Sawaki (Shigehiko Aoyama)Jun Kunimura (Yasuhisa Yoshikawa)Renji Ishibashi (Old man in wheelchair)Miyuki Matsuda (Ryoko Aoyama)Toshie Negishi (Rie)Ren Ôsugi (Shimada)Shigeru Saiki (Toastmaster)Ken Mitsuishi (Director)Yuriko Hirooka (Michiyo Yanagida)Fumiyo Kohinata (TV station presenter)Misato Nakamura (Misuzu Takagi)Yuuto Arima (Shigehiko as a child)Ayaka Izumi (Asami as a child)Nattsu Tanahashi (Hotel front desk)Kimiko Tachibana (FM announcer)Tatsuo Endô (Doctor)
Director
Takashi Miike
Synopsis
A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.
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