Shion Sono's NORIKO'S DINNER TABLE (NORIKO NO SHOKUTAKU), starring Kazue Fukiishi, Tsugumi, Ken Mits
A downloadable English-subtitled trailer for Shion Sono's Noriko's Dinner Table (Noriko no shokutaku) - a quasi-sequel to his Suicide Circle (Jisatsu sâkuru), a.k.a. "Suicide Club" - has just been added to the website of the international (excluding Japan and North America) sales agent for the movie, Eleven Arts Inc.. The movie had its world première at the 40th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) in the Czech Republic on July 4th of last year. Argo Pictures K.K. (Arugo Pikuchâzu K.K.) plans to release it theatrically in Japan some time in the autumn of this year.
The screenplay for Noriko's Dinner Table was written by Sono. The movie apparently stars Kazue Fukiishi as Noriko Shimabara, Tsugumi as Kumiko (a.k.a. Ueno54), Ken Mitsuishi as Tetsuzô Shimabara, and Yuriko Yoshitaka as Yuka Shimabara.
Here's a synopsis for Noriko's Dinner Table from Eleven Arts' website: "Noriko Shimabara is an ordinary 17-year-old girl. Her family consists of her younger sister Yuka, father Tetsuzou, and mother Taeko. Noriko couldn't help but feel unsatisfied with her ordinary suburban town life. One day, she discovers an interesting website on the internet where teenage girls from all over Japan gather. There, Noriko for the first time in her life feels that she is being understood by others. Noriko runs away from home to seek a new home in Tokyo. Arriving in Tokyo, she meets Kumiko, who is the cent[ral] figure behind the website. ¶ Along with Kumiko, Noriko becomes a member of a strange business called Family Circle, which offers a rental family service. At Family Circle, members are dispatched to people with no family members to create an instant pseudo-family. Noriko finds the true beauty of family while role-playing in a pseudo-family, and through that pseudo-family, she begins understanding more about the relationship between herself and her family, as well as her relationship with herself. ¶ Following her sister, Yuka also runs to Tokyo. Their father Tetsuzou then begins searching for his two missing daughters. After long searches, he finds out that his daughters are members of Family Circle."
In related news, a downloadable English-subtitled trailer for Yôichi Nishiyama's Wet Hot Sake (Nurunuru kankan) - a.k.a. "Nurunuru Cancan" - has likewise just been added to Eleven Arts' website.
Noriko's Dinner Table trailer (English subtitled; downloadable 4.4 MB MOV file)
Eleven Arts: Noriko's Dinner Table
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Wet Hot Sake trailer (English subtitled; downloadable 4 MB MOV file)
Eleven Arts: Wet Hot Sake
