Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969)
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.
Top billed cast
Tadanori YokooTorio Okanoue
Rie YokoyamaUmeko Suzuki
Fumio WatanabeHimself
Kei SatōHimself
Rokkō TouraHimself
Juro KaraSinger
Akaji MaroActor
Taka OkuboHimself
Reisen RiActress
Moichi TanabeSelf
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