SHINJUKU DOROBO NIKKI
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 Rokko Toura
- 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
- sd Hideo Nishizaki
- Sound Effects Akira Suzuki