SHINJUKU DOROBO NIKKI (1969)

Film details

Featuring

Tadanori Yokoo Rie Yokoyama Moichi Tanabe
Director

Nagisa Oshima
Country

Japan
Year

1969
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

DIARY OF A SHINJUKU BURGLAR Alternative
DIARY OF A SHINJUKU THIEF Alternative

Synopsis

A semi-documentary depiction of Shinjuku, Tokyo's equivalent of London's Soho, looselybased around two central characters: Torio Okanoue, who has an almost erotic fascination with books which he feeds by stealing from the recently built Kinokuniya Bookstore, and Suzuki Umeko, the shop's assistant, who begins a relationship with him after she spots him in the store one day.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Torio Okanoue/ Birdey Hilltop
    
    Tadanori Yokoo
  - Suzuki Umeko
    
    Rie Yokoyama
  - himself, Kinokuniya Bookstore director
    
    Moichi Tanabe
  - himself, sexologist
    
    Tetsu Takahashi
  - himself, director of the Jokyo troupe
    
    Juro Kara
  - himself, film actor
    
    Kei Sato
  - himself, film actor
    
    Toura, Mutsuhiro
  - himself, film actor
    
    Fumio Watanabe
  - boy who seems like Umeko's lover
    
    Shimon Yotsuya
  - woman making love with Mutsuhiro Toura
    
    Mihiro Wakabayashi
  - participant in the discussion
    
    Masao Matsuda
  - participant in the discussion
    
    Jushin Sato
  - participant in the discussion
    
    Tadashi Yamazaki
  - participant in the discussion
    
    Tsutomu Tamura
  - participant in the discussion
    
    Hôsei Komatsu
  - Juro Kara's wife
    
    Reisen Ri
  - cast member
    
    Jokyo Theatre Group
  - Jokyo Theatre Group member
    
    Akaji Maro
  - Jokyo Theatre Group member
    
    Takamitsu Okubo
  - Jokyo Theatre Group member
    
    Mansaku Fuwa
  - Jokyo Theatre Group member
    
    Noboru Kuzu
  - Jokyo Theatre Group member
    
    Maki Fujiwara
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Nagisa Oshima
  - Assistant Director
    
    Kiyoshi Ogasawara
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Sozo-sha
  - In co-operation with
    
    Tokyo Kinokuniya Bookstore
  - Producer
    
    Masayuki Nakajima
  - Assistant Producer
    
    Takuji Yamaguchi
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Tsutomu Tamura
  - Screenplay
    
    Mamoru Sasaki
  - Screenplay
    
    Masao Adachi
  - Screenplay
    
    Nagisa Oshima
  Photography:
  - Cinematography
    
    Yashuhiro Yoshioka
  - Cinematography
    
    Seizo Sengen
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Nagisa Oshima
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Jusho Toda
  - Set Designer
    
    Dai Arakawa
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Hideo Nishizaki
  - Sound Effects
    
    Akira Suzuki