Noriko's Dinner Table

Noriko's Dinner Table
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySion Sono
Written bySion Sono
Produced byTakeshi Suzuki
Starring
CinematographySouhei Tanigawa
Edited byJunichi Ito
Music byTomoki Hasegawa
Production
company
Mother Ark Co. Ltd.
Distributed byEleven Arts
Release dates
  • July 4, 2005 (2005-07-04) (Karlovy Vary)
  • September 23, 2006 (2006-09-23) (Japan)
Running time
159 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Noriko's Dinner Table (Japanese: 紀子の食卓, Hepburn: Noriko no Shokutaku) is a 2005 Japanese psychological horror film written and directed by Sion Sono, a prequel to his 2002 independent horror film Suicide Club.

Suicide Club concerns the mass suicide of fifty-four schoolgirls and how it leads the law to a shadowy cult. Noriko's Dinner Table takes place before, during, and after the previous installment's timeline as an attempt to resolve several questions left unanswered. Themes explored include the generation gap in modern families, the malleability of personal identity, social alienation, suicide, and the use of the Internet.

The film received special mention at the 40th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, before being released theatrically in Japan on September 23, 2006.

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