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Audition

Summary: 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.
Runtime: 1 h 55 min
MPAA: R

Countries: Japan, South Korea
Language: Japanese
Domestic: $ 131,296
International: $ 228,557
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