NORIKO'S DINNER TABLE

A new thriller by acclaimed Japanese director-poet Sion Sono, a prequel/sequel to his cult horror hit Suicide Club. Bored and restless with her oppressively ordinary small-town existence, 17-year-old Noriko runs away to Tokyo to meet friends she’s made in an online community for girls her own age. Adrift in the big city, she discovers that her Internet pals are in fact part of a rent-a-family outfit that assumes roles and plays out whatever family drama their lonely clients will pay for. Noriko joins the band of players. When Noriko’s sister follows her to Tokyo, their father fears that his daughters are part of an Internet cult whose teenage members share a common bond -- a suicide pact. He embarks on a frantic search to find his daughters and reunite his family, even if it means he has to hire them to act the part….