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Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1968)

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief poster
Original title
新宿泥棒日記
Directed by
Nagisa Ōshima
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 30 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man and a woman wander through the Shinjuku district of Tokyo. They drift into encounters with books, theater groups, and each other as reality and performance blur.

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What happens

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (新宿泥棒日記, Shinjuku Dorobō Nikki) is a 1969 Japanese New Wave film co-written and directed by Nagisa Ōshima. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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