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What it's about
A young man wanders through a bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku district and steals some books. He is caught by a young woman who claims to work there and takes him to the store manager. The next day, she catches the thief again in the act. Together, they embark on a kind of quest for sexual ecstasy that leads them alternately to a psychologist specializing in such matters and to the midst of a street theater troupe.
Cast and crew
- Director
- Nagisa Ôshima
- Writer
- Tsutomu Tamura, Mamoru Sasaki, Masao Adachi
- Starring
- Tadanori Yokoo, Rie Yokoyama, Moichi Tanabe
Details
- Release date
- Jul 1, 1973
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
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