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23 September 2006 (Japan) moreTagline:
The family that eats together stays together. morePlot:
A teenager called Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Tokoyama, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS... more | add synopsisAwards:
3 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
An ordeal that does not even get rewarded.... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Kazue Fukiishi | ... | Noriko Shimabara - Mitsuko | |
| Tsugumi | ... | Kumiko - Ueno Station 54 | |
| Yuriko Yoshitaka | ... | Yuka Shimabara - Yôko | |
| Shirô Namiki | ... | Ikeda - Tetsuzô's Friend | |
| Sanae Miyata | ... | Taeko Shimabara | |
| Yoko Mitsuya | ... | Tangerine (as Yôko Mitsuya) | |
| Tamae Ando | ... | Broken Dam (as Tamae Andô) | |
| Naoko Watanabe | ... | Cripple #5 | |
| Kanehiro Ri | |||
| Chihiro Abe | ... | Long Neck | |
| Hanako Onuki | ... | Midnight | |
| Sora Tôma | |||
| Kazumasa Taguchi | ... | Kumiko's 'Father' | |
| Takako Kitagawa | ... | Kumiko's 'Mother' | |
| Shingo Ishikawa |
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159 minCountry:
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The events that transpire in this film take place before, during, and after the events in Jisatsu sâkuru (2001) in order to help show the backstory of everything that took place in that film. moreQuotes:
Circle member (in cafe) to Noriko's Father: The only way to figure out what we can be... is to lie openly and pursue emptiness. moreSoundtrack:
Bara ga saita moreFAQ
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The movie "Noriko's Dinner Table" is a long movie. And it is not one of those movies that make you forget that they are long because they are exciting, gripping, thrilling, funny,... It's just long, bland, and boring.
The main pseudo-philosophical question of Noriko's Dinner Table is a simple one: "Are you connected to yourself?" The question is easily answered: I am myself, therefore I am connected to myself. So why does it take two and a half hours to try to somehow explore this question?
The movie is just like the question: pointless. Furthermore it's disturbingly sick because characters act in totally unnatural ways. But not even that in an interesting way. I can't believe that this movie got only favorable reviews. Honestly I expected something special. There was nothing of that sort.