Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (Blu-ray) Standard Edition
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (Blu-ray) Standard Edition – Blu-ray | Asian Cinema | Terracotta Distribution
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Director: Nagisa Oshima
Cast: Tadanori Yokoo, Rie Yokoyama, and Moichi Tanabe
Region: ABC
A compulsive book thief named Birdey encounters a young woman working undercover in a Tokyo bookstore. Their relationship escalates through increasingly daring thefts, guided by an enigmatic owner who draws them into the world of absurdist underground performance. Shot on location in the Shinjuku district against actual student protest footage, DIARY OF A SHINJUKU THIEF is one of Nagisa Oshima's most formally radical works - blending Godardian cinema, underground theatre and documentary to capture the combustible energy of 1960s Japanese counterculture.
Presented here in a new 4K restoration from the original negative.
Label: Radiance Films
Format: Blu-ray
Country: Japan
Year: 1969
Language: Japanese (with English subtitles)
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Special Features
- New 4K restoration from original negative
- Uncompressed mono PCM audio
- Audio commentary by Tony Rayns (2025)
- Interview with Tadanori Yokoo on Shinjuku shooting locations (2025, 19 mins)
- Japanese Cinema: New Territories documentary (2011, 52 mins)
- Improved English subtitle translation
Technical Specifications
- 1080p Blu-ray presentation
- Region ABC
- Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
- Japanese mono audio (uncompressed PCM)
- English subtitles
- Certificate 18
- Runtime: 96 minutes
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