Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Directed by Nagisa ŌshimaA young man wanders through a bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku district and steals some books. He is caught by a young woman who claims to work there and takes him to the store manager. The next day, she catches the thief again in the act. Together, they embark on a kind of quest for sexual ecstasy that leads them alternately to a psychologist specializing in such matters and to the midst of a street theater troupe.
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Diary of a Shinjuku Thief was released on February 15, 1969.
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief was directed by Nagisa Ōshima.
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief has a runtime of 1h 36m.
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief was produced by Masayuki Nakajima.
A young man wanders through a bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku district and steals some books. He is caught by a young woman who claims to work there and takes him to the store manager. The next day, she catches the thief again in the act. Together, they embark on a kind of quest for sexual ecstasy that leads them alternately to a psychologist specializing in such matters and to the midst of a street theater troupe.
The key characters in Diary of a Shinjuku Thief are Torio Okanoue (Tadanori Yokoo), Umeko Suzuki (Rie Yokoyama), Himself (Fumio Watanabe).
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief is a Drama, Comedy film.
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief has an audience rating of 7.1 out of 10.