Nagisa OSHIMA 大島渚
Diary Of A Shinjuku Thief
Nippon Retro ²
While stealing some books, a student meets a girl; they befriend each other, but have sexual problems. That pretty much wraps up the plot of DIARY OF A SHINJUKU THIEF. However, this plot is also the vantage point for a documentary glance on life in Shinjuku, Tokyo’s amusement district. The film was shot without a fixed script, between street theater and real-life political rallies. Now and then, the crew can be seen discussing the themes of the film, which is filled with literary and cinematic references.
新宿泥棒日記
Shinjuku dorobo nikki
Japan 1969
96 minutes
Director
Nagisa OSHIMA
Script
Nagisa OSHIMA, Mamoru SASAKI, Masao ADACHI
Cinematography
Seizo SENGEN, Yasuhiro YOSHIOKA
Production
Sozosha
World sales
Oshima Productions
Film print
Japan Foundation
Cast
Tadanori YOKO, Rie YOKOYAMA
About Nagisa OSHIMA
大島渚
Nagisa OSHIMA (1932 – 2013) studied political history at the University of Kyoto. He then became a film critic and later editor-in-chief of a film magazine, before learning his craft as an assistant director at Shochiku Studios. With his own production company Sozosha, he created pioneering films in the field of Japanese New Wave cinema, making his international breakthrough with IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES (AI NO CORRIDA) in 1976.
In cooperation with Japanisches Kulturinstitut (The Japan Foundation) and DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum
