Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (新宿泥棒日記, Shinjuku Dorobō Nikki) is a 1969 Japanese New Wave film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. 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 … See more • Tadanori Yokoo as Birdey Hilltop • Rie Yokoyama as Umeko Suzuki • Kei Satō • Jūrō Kara as himself / Singer See more 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", … See more • Diary of a Shinjuku Thief at IMDb • Diary of a Shinjuku Thief at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese) See more WebDec 20, 2008 · Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (Shinjiku Dorobo Nikki) Screening on Film Directed by Nagisa Oshima. With Fumio Watanabe, Kei Sato, Tadanori Yokoo. Japan, 1968, 35mm, black & white, 94 min. Japanese with English subtitles. Print source: The Japan Foundation Share
Opening Street Performance from "Diary of a Shinjuku Thief"
WebRotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. The definitive site for Reviews, Trailers, Showtimes, and Tickets WebDiary of a Shinjuku Thief is a chaotic film that responds to the sexual revolution, radical student movements and social upheaval in Japan during the late 1960s. The ambiguous narrative centres on a man who calls … chiswick b\u0026q
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969) directed by Nagisa Ōshima • …
WebJanus Films 215 Park Ave. South 5th Floor New York, NY 10003 [email protected] (212) 756-8822 WebOverview. In Tokyo's Shinjuku district, the lives of a young man prone to theft, a young woman he meets at a bookstore, and a kabuki actor intersect. WebDiary of a Shinjuku Thief is itself a teeming mixture of fantasy and reality, color and black-and-white, on one level a kind of documentary of the social unrest and counter-culture life of Shinjuku, shot hand-held in the streets and featuring several well known "underground" figures. On the level of narrative it is a complex plot about ... chiswick b\\u0026q