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Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

新宿泥棒日記
1969 96 min Drama · Comedy

A pickpocket's confession reads like a manga in this neon-soaked Tokyo quarter. A bookstore clerk with a side hustle in shoplifting crosses paths with a kabuki performer moonlighting as a thief. The trio's light-fingered romance lingers like cigarette smoke.

Directed by Nagisa Ōshima · Written by Nagisa Ōshima, Masao Adachi, Mamoru Sasaki

Starring Tadanori Yokoo, Rie Yokoyama, Fumio Watanabe, Kei Satō, Rokkō Toura, Juro Kara

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