1969 · drama · experimental
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Directed by Nagisa Ōshima1h 36m1969
In Tokyo's Shinjuku district, the lives of a young man prone to theft, a young woman he meets at a bookstore, and a kabuki actor intersect.
Our read: Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969) reads as a sombre, kinetic, surreal drama · experimental entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / experimental, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- surreal
- cold
- signature
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