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.
Noriko's Dinner Table is the prequel to Sion Sono's Suicide Club (2002), and fleshes out the story surrounding it. I'm not the biggest fan of Sion Sono, and Suicide Club is probably the best movie I think he's done. So it's only natural that Noriko's Dinner Table will appeal to me. It's 2 hours and 40 minutes long, so it's a lengthy one, but somehow it manages not be too long. After I reviewed Suicide Club on this site, I've heard a rumor that it was made due to the fact that the Japanese government wouldn't take action against the alarming rate of suicides the country was suffering from. To me, that gives the films a new meaning other than just it just being a fantasy from the mind of Sion Sono.
So, all in all, if you liked Suicide Club then by all means watch this one. And if you haven't seen Suicide Club you should take time to amend that as quick as possible.
Genre: Drama
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