Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

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.

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Nagisa Ōshima directed Diary of a Shinjuku Thief in 1969. See Nagisa Ōshima's full filmography, where to start with Nagisa Ōshima, or where to go after you've seen everything by Nagisa Ōshima.

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief was released in 1969 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 96 minutes.