Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
- Nagisa Ōshima
- Mamoru Sasaki
- Masao Adachi
- Takeshi Tamura
- Tadanori Yokoo
- Rie Yokoyama
- Kei Satō
- Jūrō Kara
- Moichi Tanabe
- Tetsu Takahashi
- Sēzō Sengen
- Yasuhiro Yoshioka
- Sōzōsha
- Art Theatre Guild
- February 15, 1969 (1969-02-15) (Japan)
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
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
- Reisen Ri
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."[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
- ^ "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
- Diary of a Shinjuku Thief at IMDb
- Diary of a Shinjuku Thief at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
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