Tagebuch eines Diebes aus Shinjuku (1969)

Tagebuch eines Diebes aus Shinjuku: Directed by Nagisa Ôshima. With Tadanori Yokoo, Rie Yokoyama, Moichi Tanabe, Tetsu Takahashi. Story of a bookstore thief named Birdey who is led through various adventures in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district by salesgirl Umeko.

“Amazing! This Nouvelle Vague-influenced Japanese flick contains everything a regular cinephile could possibly want: avantguard kabuki theatre, sloshed japanese men discussing the sexual revolution and a guy chasing his girlfriend with a strap-on dildo through the streets of Tokio. Duh!”