Noriko's Dinner Table is a semi-sequel to The Suicide Club, and although it was listed under the horror heading at the festival and in most reviews, it conta...

A preoccupation with suicide seems embedded in the Japanese psyche and there's always been a darkly bizarre strain in Japanese cinema.

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One of the most ambitious tonal mash-ups in memory, “Noriko’s Dinner Table” is a domestic comedy, a bloody psychological thriller and a comment on the ...

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Strange but suggestive, "Noriko's Dinner Table" reps less a sequel to helmer Sion Sono's previous horror satire "Suicide Club" than an existential parallel. ...