Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
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Directed by | Nagisa Ōshima |
Written by | Nagisa Ōshima Mamoru Sasaki Masao Adachi Takeshi Tamura |
Starring | Tadanori Yokoo Rie Yokoyama Kei Satō Jūrō Kara Moichi Tanabe Tetsu Takahashi |
Cinematography | Sēzō Sengen Yasuhiro Yoshioka |
Edited by | Nagisa Ōshima |
Distributed by | Sōzōsha Art Theatre Guild |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (新宿泥棒日記, Shinjuku Dorobō Nikki) is a 1968 Japanese New Wave film directed by Nagisa Ōshima.[1]
Synopsis[]
The film centers around Birdie, a young Japanese book thief who is caught by a store clerk named Umeko. As their encounters grow increasingly fraught with tension and desire, the two become lovers and begin committing thefts together. They also take part in a kabuki play based on the lives of Yui Shōsetsu and Marubashi Chūya.
Cast[]
- Tadanori Yokoo as Birdey Hilltop
- Rie Yokoyama as Umeko Suzuki
- Kei Satō
- Jūrō Kara as Himself / Singer
- Moichi Tanabe
- Tetsu Takahashi
- Rokko Toura as Himself
- Fumio Watanabe as Himself
Reception[]
Roger Greenspun of The New York Times called most of the film dull "with an air of having been produced only for purposes of demonstration", concluding that "the result is a high-powered sterility in the midst of much energetic busyness."[2] The film was described by Ronald Bergan, in his Guardian obituary of Oshima, as "an explosive agitprop movie equating sexual liberation with revolution, whose impact has cooled only marginally."[3]
References[]
- ^ "新宿泥棒日記とは". kotobank. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ Greenspun, Roger (6 July 1973). "Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1968)". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ Bergan, Ronald (15 January 2013). "Nagisa Oshima obituary". The Guardian.
External links[]
- Diary of a Shinjuku Thief at IMDb
- Diary of a Shinjuku Thief at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
- 1968 films
- Japanese-language films
- Japanese films
- Films directed by Nagisa Ōshima
- Films shot in Tokyo
- 1960s Japanese film stubs