Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1968)

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

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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