Maps of Movies

Audition (1999)

Where Audition says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Almost nothing in this Tokyo story has a known address: only the avenue where the dates were filmed.

Scenes and places

The fake casting call (1999)

Seven years after his wife's death, Aoyama is urged by his teenage son to remarry. His producer friend Yoshikawa stages a fake casting call so Aoyama can meet women unobserved. One applicant, the former ballerina Asami, instantly captivates him.

Set in Casting-call venue (not located) — The staged audition room where young women apply for a TV role that does not exist.

A staged audition room for a television series that is not really being cast.

Asami waits by the phone (1999)

Yoshikawa cannot reach any reference on Asami's résumé, but Aoyama pursues her anyway. In her bare apartment Asami sits perfectly still beside the phone for four days after the audition. When it rings she answers as if she never expected the call.

Set in Asami's apartment (not located) — A tiny apartment with almost nothing in it but a large sack and a telephone.

A very small flat, filmed in a real apartment whose location has not been published.

Dates along Omotesandō (1999)

After the audition, Aoyama and Asami go on several dates. The courtship looks gentle and ordinary, which makes the gaps in her story easy to miss.

Set in A Tokyo street (approximate) — Tokyo street scenes where Aoyama and Asami go on dates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Omotesandō is a tree-lined shopping avenue in central Tokyo.

Filmed at Omotesandō, Tokyo (intersections, exact one not named) — Outdoor scenes were shot along intersections in Omotesandō; the specific intersection is not given. Coordinate is the avenue's representative point. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Omotesandō Station (Tokyo Metro Ginza, Chiyoda and Hanzomon lines).

The love hotel (1999)

Aoyama takes Asami to a love hotel, planning to propose. She shows him burn scars across her body and, before they sleep together, demands that he pledge his love to her. Deeply moved, he does. By the next morning she has left.

Set in Love hotel (not located) — A hotel where Aoyama intends to propose marriage.

A themed short-stay hotel; no real filming site is named in the sources.

The old dance studio (1999)

Aoyama tries to trace Asami, but every contact on her résumé is a dead end, as Yoshikawa warned. At the dance studio where she trained he finds her former instructor, who now has prosthetic feet.

Set in Dance studio (not located) — The studio where Asami says she trained as a ballerina.

A ballet and dance school; no real filming site is named in the sources.

The bar that closed (1999)

Aoyama goes to the bar where Asami says she once worked. A local man tells him it has been closed for a year after its owner was murdered.

Set in Bar (not located) — The bar where Asami claims to have worked.

A small neighbourhood bar; no real filming site is named in the sources.

Asami in Aoyama's house (1999)

Asami sneaks into Aoyama's house while he is at work. Seeing a framed picture of his late wife Ryoko, she becomes jealous.

Set in Aoyama's home (not located) — The family house Aoyama shares with his son.

A family home; no real filming site is named in the sources.

Characters

• Shigeharu Aoyama — A widower who, urged by his son, looks for a new wife through a fake casting call.
• Asami Yamazaki — A former ballerina who applies at the audition and quickly draws Aoyama in.
• Yasuhisa Yoshikawa — A film producer and Aoyama's friend who stages the fake casting call.