Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Directed by	Nagisa Oshima
Written by	Masao Adachi
Cast
Birdey	Tadanori Yokoo
Umeko	Rie Yokoyama
Other Information
1968	96 Minutes
Unrated	In Japanese with English Subtitles

Using a gripping storyline involving a violent, moody drop-out and a disaffected young woman, director Nagisa Oshima crafts a powerful exploration into the world of the young Japanese radicals of 1968. Drawing a parallel with the student riots of Paris and New York, Oshima's world is punctuated by cultural icons such as Henry Miller and Muhammad Ali and stylized with hand-held camera-work. This striking experimental film exemplifies Oshima's audacious, dynamic style--a style that mixes violence, eroticism, politics, and self-reflexivity to explore the link between modernism and non-Western modes of perception.

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