Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
A formally inventive, sexually charged exploration of desire and identity in 1960s Tokyo that blends documentary realism with theatrical artifice and dark comedy.
In Tokyo's Shinjuku district, the lives of a young man prone to theft, a young woman he meets at a bookstore, and a kabuki actor intersect.
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