{"product_id":"張り込み日記-stakeout-diary","title":"Stakeout Diary","description":"\u003cp\u003eSoftcover | first edition | 198 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Nanarokusha, 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eText and composition by Otsuichi. Art direction by Shin Sobue. Over 140 black and white photographs. Text in Japanese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1958, Watabe was granted unprecedented access to follow two detectives investigating a dismemberment murder in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture. Over 20 days he shadowed the pair from the crime scene through stakeouts across downtown Tokyo, photographing interrogations, witness interviews, late-night surveillance and the slow grind of police work with the eye of a film noir cinematographer. The photographs appeared briefly in a magazine that year and were then forgotten. In 2006, a British dealer found 120 prints in a Jinbocho bookshop and brought them to Europe, where they were published in Paris as A Criminal Investigation (Editions Xavier Barral, 2011) and immediately became one of the most talked-about photobooks of the year. This Nanarokusha edition, distinct from both the French publication and the roshin books editions, pairs the photographs with a new narrative text by novelist Otsuichi, drawing on the original negatives held by Watabe's son. Black and white throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: very good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yukichi Watabe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55130354680127,"sku":null,"price":145.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4773\/2031\/files\/cover_d3fa280c-27f5-423d-b484-57e888f8207d.jpg?v=1787120221","url":"https:\/\/informlibrary.com\/products\/%e5%bc%b5%e3%82%8a%e8%be%bc%e3%81%bf%e6%97%a5%e8%a8%98-stakeout-diary","provider":"In Form Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}