Japan Synopsis
紀子の食卓
“The family that eats together stays together.”
A teenager named Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Toyokawa, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's family circle, which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.
The 2004–2006 Japan Window
347 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Noriko's Dinner Table sits at position #155.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Noriko's Dinner Table premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
7.0
TMDB Rating
126
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier
Ranked #2,117 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (54th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #934 of 1,933 (top 48%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Mother Ark Co. Ltd. |
| Runtime | 2h 39m |
| Release Date | September 23, 2005 |
| IMDb | tt0468820 |