Town of Violence

Town of Violence (1950)

暴力の街

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

Date of release
1950-02-26
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 51m
Genres
Drama, Crime
Director
Satsuo Yamamoto

Casting

Interesting facts

Street of Violence (暴力の街, Bōryoku no machi), also titled City of Violence and Street of Violence (The Pen Never Lies), is a 1950 Japanese crime and drama film directed by Satsuo Yamamoto. Its story is based on a reportage published in the newspaper The Asahi Shimbun.

Background

Street of Violence was produced by a production committee established especially for this film, which included the Japan Film Workers Union. Among the cast were actors under contract with the studios Toho, Shōchiku and Daiei, and independent film and theatre actors. It was shot on location where the actual events, which became known as the "Tōjō incident", had taken place.

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