Noriko no shokutaku (2005)

A teenager called Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Tokoyama, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's "family circle", ... See full summary »

Director:

Sion Sono

Writers:

Sion Sono (screenplay), Sion Sono (novel)

Stars:

Kazue Fukiishi, Tsugumi, Yuriko Yoshitaka

5 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

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
Yôko Mitsuya	...	Tangerine
Tamae Andô	...	Broken Dam
Naoko Watanabe	...	Cripple #5
Hiroshi Sakuma	...	(as Kanehiro Ri)
Chihiro Abe	...	Long Neck
Hanako Onuki	...	Midnight
Sora Tôma
Kazumasa Taguchi	...	Kumiko's 'Father'
Takako Kitagawa	...	Kumiko's 'Mother'
Shingo Ishikawa

Storyline

A teenager called Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Tokoyama, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's "family circle", which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.

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Plot Keywords:

high school | mass suicide | suicide | internet | violence | 

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Taglines:

The family that eats together stays together.

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Genres:

Drama | Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

23 September 2006 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Suicide Circle 2

Filming Locations:

Gotanda, Tokyo, Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mother Ark Co. Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

159 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The poster in the girls' room is of the band Dessert. This was the fictional girl pop band that was a big part of the first film. The poster advertises the song "Write Once", which was the song that Dessert performed in the ending credits of Jisatsu sâkuru (2001).

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Quotes

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.

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Connections

Referenced in Making of Love Exposure (2010)

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Soundtracks

Bara ga saita
Written by Kuranosuke Hamaguchi
Performed by Mike Maki
Courtesy of Shinko Music Entertainment

User Reviews

An ordeal that does not even get rewarded....

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.