If you loved The Assassination of Ryoma, try Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theysit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Assassination of Ryoma, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Diary of a Shinjuku Thief is
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.

