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| name = Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
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| director = [[Nagisa Oshima|Ōshima Nagisa]]
| director = [[Nagisa Oshima]]
| producer =
| producer =
| writer = [[Masao Adachi|Adachi Masao]]<br />[[Nagisa Oshima|Ōshima Nagisa]]<br />[[Sasaki Mamoru]]<br />[[Tamura Takeshi]]
| writer = Nagisa Oshima<br>[[Mamoru Sasaki]]<br>[[Masao Adachi]]<br>Takeshi Tamura
| narrator =
| narrator =
| starring = [[Tadanori Yokoo|Yokoo Tadanori]]<br />[[Yokoyama Rie]]<br />[[Kei Satō]]<br />[[Kara Jūrō]]<br />[[Tanabe Moichi]]<br />[[Takahashi Tetsu]]
| starring = [[Tadanori Yokoo]]<br>Rie Yokoyama<br>[[Kei Satō]]<br>Jūrō Kara<br>Moichi Tanabe<br>Tetsu Takahashi
| music =
| music =
| cinematography = [[Sengen Sēzō]]<br />[[Yoshioka Yasuhiro]]
| cinematography = Sēzō Sengen<br>Yasuhiro Yoshioka
| editing = [[Nagisa Oshima|Ōshima Nagisa]]
| editing = Nagisa Oshima
| distributor = [[Sōzōsha]], [[Art Theatre Guild]]
| distributor = Sōzōsha<br>[[Art Theatre Guild]]
| released = 1968
| released = {{Film date|1969|02|15|Japan}}
| runtime = 96 minutes
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = Japan
| country = Japan
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{{nihongo|'''''Diary of a Shinjuku Thief'''''|新宿泥棒日記 |Shinjuku dorobō nikki}} is a [[1968 in film|1968]] [[Japanese New Wave]] film directed by [[Nagisa Oshima]].
{{nihongo|'''''Diary of a Shinjuku Thief'''''|新宿泥棒日記|Shinjuku Dorobō Nikki}} is a 1968 [[Japanese New Wave]] film directed by [[Nagisa Oshima]].


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
The film centers around Birdie, a young, Japanese book thief who soon is caught by a woman named Umeko. As they become young lovers, the two begin stealing books together.
The film centers around Birdie, a young, Japanese book thief who soon is caught by a woman named Umeko. As they become young lovers, the two begin stealing books together.


==Film details==
==Cast==
* [[Tadanori Yokoo]]
The film, which starts out in black and white, turns into a fiasco of color, music, sex, and surrealism.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}}
* Rie Yokoyama
* [[Kei Satō]]
* Jūrō Kara
* Moichi Tanabe
* Tetsu Takahashi


==Trivia==
Also featured in this film is Kara Jūrō who sings a song accompanied with a guitar. As the film climaxes we are transported from a rough life of crime to odd world of such oddities as Birdie chasing Umeko with a dildo, only to conclude with her being raped and him being beaten by the offenders.
Also featured in this film is Jūrō Kara who sings a song accompanied with a guitar. As the film climaxes we are transported from a rough life of crime to odd world of such oddities as Birdie chasing Umeko with a dildo, only to conclude with her being raped and him being beaten by the offenders.{{citation needed}}

==Reception==
The film was described by Ronald Bergan of ''[[The Guardian]]'' as "an explosive agit-prop movie equating sexual liberation with revolution, whose impact has cooled only marginally."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jan/15/nagisa-oshima|title=Nagisa Oshima obituary|publisher=The Guardian|first=Ronald|last=Bergan|date=15 January 2013}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{imdb title|0063598}}
*{{IMDb title|0063598}}
*{{jmdb title|1969|cs000530}}

{{Nagisa Oshima}}


[[Category:1968 films]]
[[Category:1968 films]]

Revision as of 09:28, 26 January 2013

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Directed byNagisa Oshima
Written byNagisa Oshima
Mamoru Sasaki
Masao Adachi
Takeshi Tamura
StarringTadanori Yokoo
Rie Yokoyama
Kei Satō
Jūrō Kara
Moichi Tanabe
Tetsu Takahashi
CinematographySēzō Sengen
Yasuhiro Yoshioka
Edited byNagisa Oshima
Distributed bySōzōsha
Art Theatre Guild
Release date
  • February 15, 1969 (1969-02-15) (Japan)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (新宿泥棒日記, Shinjuku Dorobō Nikki) is a 1968 Japanese New Wave film directed by Nagisa Oshima.

Synopsis

The film centers around Birdie, a young, Japanese book thief who soon is caught by a woman named Umeko. As they become young lovers, the two begin stealing books together.

Cast

Trivia

Also featured in this film is Jūrō Kara who sings a song accompanied with a guitar. As the film climaxes we are transported from a rough life of crime to odd world of such oddities as Birdie chasing Umeko with a dildo, only to conclude with her being raped and him being beaten by the offenders.[citation needed]

Reception

The film was described by Ronald Bergan of The Guardian as "an explosive agit-prop movie equating sexual liberation with revolution, whose impact has cooled only marginally."[1]

References

  1. ^ Bergan, Ronald (15 January 2013). "Nagisa Oshima obituary". The Guardian.


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