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Noriko's Dinner Table

Noriko's Dinner Table

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Noriko's Dinner Table

"The family that eats together stays together."

2005

2h 39m

7.0(161 votes)

Drama

Thriller

Horror

Overview

A teenager named Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Toyokawa, 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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10 featured cast members

Starring

Kazue Fukiishi

Kazue Fukiishi

Noriko / Mitsuko

Tsugumi

Kumiko / Ueno Station 54

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Yuka / Yoko

Ken Mitsuishi

Ken Mitsuishi

Tetsuzo Shimabara

Shirô Namiki

Shirô Namiki

Ikeda

Sanae Miyata

Sanae Miyata

Taeko Shimabara

Yoko Mitsuya

Yoko Mitsuya

Tangerine

Tamae Ando

Tamae Ando

Broken Dam

Naoko Watanabe

Naoko Watanabe

Cripple #5

Hanako Onuki

Midnight

Creative team

Directed by: Sion Sono
Written by: Sion Sono
Produced by: Takeshi Suzuki

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