Rent Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969)
3.3 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 36min
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- Synopsis:
- A young man wanders through a bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku district and steals some books. He is caught by a young woman who claims to work there and takes him to the store manager. The next day, she catches the thief again in the act. Together, they embark on a kind of quest for sexual ecstasy that leads them alternately to a psychologist specializing in such matters and to the midst of a street theater troupe.
- Actors:
- Tadanori Yokoo, Rie Yokoyama, Moichi Tanabe, Tetsu Takahashi, Kei Satô, Rokkô Toura, Fumio Watanabe, Jûrô Kara, Akaji Maro, Reisen Ri, Taka Ôkubo, Mansaku Fuwa, Noboru Kuzu, Maki Fujiwara, Kôsuke Yamanaka, Shimon Yotsuya, Hôsei Komatsu, Masao Matsuda, Tsutomu Tamura, Mihiro Wakabayashi
- Directors:
- Nagisa Ôshima
- Producers:
- Masayuki Nakajima
- Writers:
- Tsutomu Tamura, Mamoru Sasaki, Masao Adachi, Nagisa Ôshima
- Aka:
- Shinjuku dorobô nikki
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 17/11/2025
- Run Time:
- 96 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary by Tony Rayns
- Tadanori Yokoo
- Japanese Cinema: New Territories
