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Noriko's Dinner Table is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Sion Sono released in USA on 2 april 2006 with Ken Mitsuishi
Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)
Noriko no Shokutaku
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Add to a movie listNoriko's Dinner Table (Japanese: 紀子の食卓, Hepburn: Noriko no Shokutaku) is a Japanese horror drama film, and a prequel to the cult film Suicide Club (Jisatsu Sākuru), written and directed by Sion Sono, concerning a mass suicide of 54 schoolgirls and how it leads the law to a shadowy cult. Noriko's Dinner Table takes place before, during, and after the Suicide Club timeline as an attempt to resolve some questions Suicide Club left behind.
Noriko's Dinner Table explores various issues including the generation gap in modern families, the concepts of family and happiness, suicide, lack of communication, the effects of alienation and how the Internet is used as a tool.
The film was released theatrically in Japan on September 23, 2006, and won the Don Quixote award at the 40th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic and a special mention.
Synopsis
The film is divided into 5 chapters, the first four of which are named after characters in the film: Noriko, Yuka, Kumiko and Tetsuzo, in that order. The plot is told non-linearly and shifts between the perspectives of Noriko, Yuka and Tetsuzo.Actors
Ken Mitsuishi
(Tetsuzo Shimabara)
Naoko Watanabe
(Cripple)
Kazue Fukiishi
(Noriko / Mitsuko)
Yuriko Yoshitaka
(Yuka / Yoko)
Tsugumi
(Kumiko / Ueno Station 54)
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