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| Directed by | Nagisa Ōshima |
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| Edited by | Nagisa Ōshima |
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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 1969 Japanese New Wave film directed by Nagisa Ōshima.[2]
Synopsis[edit]
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[edit]
- 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
- Reisen Ri
Reception[edit]
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."[3] 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."[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "新宿泥棒日記 (Diary of a Shinjuku Thief)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ "新宿泥棒日記 (Diary of a Shinjuku Thief)" (in Japanese). 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[edit]
- Diary of a Shinjuku Thief at IMDb
- Diary of a Shinjuku Thief at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
