Ever since I saw Takashi Miike’s cult horror film “Audition” more than 10 years ago, I’ve dreamed of meeting Japanese actress-model Eihi Shiina, who stars as the menacing Asami, a psycho in virginal white. My dream came true Thursday night when I got to talk with her at the Japan Society, where another one of her movies, the zombie splatterfest “Helldriver” — directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura, who also was present — was unreeling. The screening — presented by Subway Cinema, sponsors of the New York Asian Film Festival — was part of a multi-city tour to raise money for victims of the Japanese quake. I’ll have more about Shiina in a future Cine File column.
Eihi and me
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April 29, 2011, 7:23 p.m. ET