Shinjuku dorobô nikki (Nagisa Oshima, 1969) DVDRip VOSE

[helge79]

Diary.of.a.Shinjuku.thief.(Nagisa.Oshima,.1968).DVDRip-whistles.avi
Diary.of.a.Shinjuku.thief.(Nagisa.Oshima,.1968).DVDRip-whistles.subs(EN,FR).rar

Yet another film from Oshima's glamorous ATG period. Ripped and released by whistles@FSS. English and French subtitles.

Y en Allzine, subtítulos en castellano y catalán.

Now I can die happy, 15 September 2002

Author: nakkas (from between your ears)

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!

(imdb.com)

The title character, played by Tadanori Yokoo, takes the first step on the road to ruin when he steals an inconsequential item from a bookstore. Caught in the act by the shopgirl (Rie Yokoyama), the shoplifter becomes the girl's sexual partner-and virtual slave. The film is rife with erotic symbolism that will be lost on no one. Originally titled Shinjuku Dorobo Nikki, Diary of a Shinjuku Thief is director Nagisa Oshima's homage to controversial French author (and unregenerate thief) Jean Genet. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

One of Oshima Nagisa's most cinematically daring films, Diary of a Shinjuku Thief was the second production between the Art Theatre Guild and his company Sozosha. In this film, Oshima extracts some personality traits for his protagonist from Ri Chin'u (the Korean murderer largely inspired the earlier film Death by Hanging), who stole foreign literature from the library, and was especially fond of Dostoyevsky and Goethe.

The film is set mostly in a multi-storey bookstore, the Shinjuku Kinokunya, (which is one of the largest in Tokyo, and a centre for intellectuals, artists, and young children) and the larger Shinjuku area, featuring its bars, restaurants, and community. We're initially introduced to an actual theatre troupe, Juro Karo Situation Players, who strike down any idea of realism in the film, but as the action unfolds the main character and Shinjuku thief, Birdy Hilltop, emerges. Sexuality, theatre, and politics clash.

Oshima uses this film to stage a violent revolt against preconceived ideas of acting and thievery, blending the two and redefining them. Oshima scholar Maureen Turim says that "its unrestrained and playful gestures grasp the topical as street theatre", and David Desser claims "it denies us a single level" and of the actors "they play themselves, they play characters, and Oshima plays with the film."

(http://www.japanesenewwave.com)

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[NitteZtalker]

Thanks Helge!!, every Isgima's film from this year is very wellcome for me.

[moz34]

Great!! Thanks a lot, helge79.

[aguijon]

Amazing, helge! Thank you very much.

[helge79]

So the DVD from which whistles made this rip originates from http://www.japanesenewwave.com. Look at the PM I just received at ACF (together with my reply):

Lieber Helge,

Unsere kleine Projektgruppe hat mehr als ein Jahr an diesen DVDs gearbeitet. Und zwar in jeder freien Minute!
Wir haben uns verdammt große Mühe gegeben, daß wirklich gute DVD dabei entstehen, und dann kommst Du, reißt alles auseinander, und postest es auf allen P2P Boards, die es nur gibt.
Wir sind gerade dabei Deine Adresse zu ermittlen. Um Dir auch eine kleine Freude zu machen.
$ 15 kann sich wirklich jeder echte Fan leisten.

Nimm bitte die Schrott-Shrinks vom Netz!

Danke

JNWC Group Admin

Dear JNWCADMIN,

I do indeed very much appreciate your effort with subtitling the Japanese New Wave DVDs. Nevertheless, it has been, is, and will be my principal position to contribute as much as possible to the dissemination of this material in the P2P networks. I believe that the Japanese New Wave cinema is among the most valuable intellectual and cultural treasures of the modern civilization, and, as such, it deserves to be appreciated by the widest possible audience, rather than by the "fans", as you suggest in your message. Furthermore, it is simply not true that everybody who deserves to see these movies can afford spending $15 on them. It may be true of the "fans" from your social/ethnic group, but it is certainly not true of someone, say, in the third world countries. The P2P networks hold a great future promise for increasing the global artistic, scientific and cultural awareness, and I see it as a great honor to be able to contribute into this process (and, trust me, I have subtitled movies without asking a penny for that from anyone -- let alone asking $15 from every single viewer). I hope that further contemplation will help you to appreciate the importance and the long-term positive impact of the activities exercised at this forum. Thank you for your understanding.

[alchemist]

The JNWC-Group releases their movies on the basis of the Berne-act, don't they? So they are complaining about making a rip off a grey-market quasi-bootleg? Very strange people.

And why are they writing to you in German? Are you a German, or are they located in Germany?

[auess]

THANKS, helge79! :D:D
btw, anybody want more Oshima's rare films? I've also got another 3 his films, Gishiki (1971), Tokyo senso sengo hiwa (1970) and Shiiku (1961), from a dvdbox of oshima.

[oscarriutort]

Tiene buena pinta a ver si algun dia salen subs en castellano, muchas gracias

[alchemist]

THANKS, helge79! :D:D
btw, anybody want more Oshima's rare films? I've also got another 3 his films, Gishiki (1971), Tokyo senso sengo hiwa (1970) and Shiiku (1961), from a dvdbox of oshima.

I am very much curious about "Tokyo senso sengo hiwa"... Are those Oshima films subbed? Thanks in advance, auess!

[helge79]

btw, anybody want more Oshima's rare films? I've also got another 3 his films, Gishiki (1971), Tokyo senso sengo hiwa (1970) and Shiiku (1961), from a dvdbox of oshima.

Thanks, auess, it would be great to get hold of those. I am particularly interested in Gishiki (1971) and Tokyo senso sengo hiwa (1970). However, I think the best variant would be precisely to rip the bootlegs from japanesenewwave.com, since they are subtitled in English. Of course, it would be good of you to rip the Chinese subs from your DVDs and share them at VeryCD.

[helge79]

Here is a poster for this movie made by Tadanori Yokoo (a key figure in Japanese pop-art who plays the lead in this movie):

[alegre]

Para aquellos que no sepan como han podido aguantar sin lo subtítulos hispanos para este filme, enhorabuena, en allzine los tienen...

http://www.allzine.org/Foro/index.php?a ... ttach=2124

(registrering please )