Stolen Desire

Shohei Imamura’s debut feature immediately established his iconoclastic sensibility in its robust, ribald portrait of a ragtag band of outsiders getting by on the margins of society. Following the creative and romantic complications of an idealistic young director (Hiroyuki Nagato) as he joins up with a traveling troupe of actors who mix kabuki with striptease, STOLEN DESIRE bursts with the earthy sensuality and affectionate humanity that would become hallmarks of Imamura’s later work.

Starring Osamu Takizawa, Shinichi Yanagisawa, Hiroyuki Nagato