If you loved Violence at Noon, 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
Both films are directed by Nagisa Ōshima, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Violence at Noon, 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.

