Taro’s article on film in 1968 in Shinjuku (Diary of a Shinjuku Thief, Funeral Parade of Roses) 1 is really good. Just got to it today. Might not get to do too much other reading “for fun” since exams are coming up.
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https://academic.oup.com/screen/article/55/1/5/1680342: Behind a paywall FYI