A lonely widower shops for a wife under the guise of a casting call for a fictitious film. Well-made Japanese sickie doesn't tip its hand early, courting boredom. In the end, the unscrupulous shuffle of fantasy and reality is as hard to take as the gruesome scenes of torture and mayhem. With Ryo Ishibashi and Eihi Shiina; directed by Takashi Miike. (1999) — Duncan Shepherd
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