Noriko's Dinner Table
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- Movie: Noriko's Dinner Table
- Romaji: Noriko no shokutaku
- Japanese: 紀子の食卓
- Director: Sion Sono
- Writer: Sion Sono
- Producer:
- Cinematographer
- Release Date: September 23, 2006
- Runtime: 159 Min.
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
A family portrait from contemporary Japan about the generational rebellion of otherwise obedient daughters – since Nagisa Oshima started making movies, it seems that a strong generational conflict slumbers under the surface of Japanese society, a conflict which is the prime mover behind Sono’s plot as well. In the movie, which oscillates between psychothriller and Bildungsfilm, sisters Noriko and Yuka share an adolescent distaste for their father, for his rituals and values. Not even their mother’s love can protect them from ending up under the sway of a sect. The older Noriko is the first to leave her parents’ house. She meets a young woman named Kumiko in a chat room and soon takes off for Tokyo to visit her. The younger Yuka follows within a few months. With Kumiko they undergo complete transformation – they have new names and new lives, but they’re not the only ones. Their father is determined to get them back but he comes up against a conspiracy that proves difficult to penetrate.
Cast
- Kazue Fukiishi - Noriko Shimabara
- Tsugumi - Kumiko (Ueno54)
- Ken Mitsuishi - Tetsuzo Shimabara
- Yuriko Yoshitaka - Yuka Shimabara
- Shiro Namiki - Ikeda
- Sanae Miyata - Taeko Shimabara
- Toru Tezuka
- Usamaru Furuya
- Yoko Mitsuya
- Tamae Ando
- Naoko Watanabe
- Manami Hisamoto
Trailer
Film Festivals
- 2009 (6th) Hong Kong Asian Film Festival - October 15th-30th - Director in Focus:Sion Sono
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