Noriko's Dinner Table(Movie, 2005)

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. ()