#Bales2023FilmChallenge August 14: a bookshop for #LoveYourBookshopDay

Umeko believes to have caught Torio redhanded shoplifting. Torio however is a performance actor and the act of stealing is part of his research. The young people's encounter sets something in motion and they embark on committing crimes in #Tokyo's labyrinthine #Shinjuku neighbourhood. #NagisaŌshima's Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969) ☞ https://write.underworld.fr/settima/xin-su-ni-bang-ri-ji-1969

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#Bales2023FilmChallenge April 15: Erased on #RubberEraserDay

Jōhatsu, literally “evaporation” is the Japanese term for people disappearing without a trace. Salesman Tadashi Oshima is one of them. Director Shôhei Imamura, together with Oshima's fiancé Yoshie Hayakawa and actor Shigeru Tsuyuguchi created an investigative #documentary looks into this man, his possible whereabouts, and the others that are gone. 人間蒸発 [Ningen jôhatsu / A Man Vanishes] (1967) is a fascinating exploration of aspects of 1960s Japanese society that make jōhatsu distinct from similar, worldwide events.

#film #cinema #Japan #ArtTheatreGuild #蒸発 #jōhatsu #jôhatsu #johatsu #jouhatsu #ShôheiImamura #ShigeruTsuyuguchi #ToshirôMayuzumi #FilMastodon #CineMastodon @film https://letterboxd.com/12pt9/list/bales2023filmchallenge/