- Country: N/A
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1950-02-26
- Director: Satsuo Yamamoto
- Writers: Yasutaro Yagi , Yusaku Yamagata
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Tōru Abe , Midori Ariyama , Shin Date , Kamatari Fujiwara , Taizō Fukami , Eiji Funakoshi , Yuriko Hanabusa , Tokue Hanazawa , Yasumi Hara , Kiyoko Hirai
- Runtime: 111 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Pen itsuwarazu, bôryoku no machi , A Cidade da violência (Brazil) , Ville de Violence (France, French Republic) , ペン偽らず 暴力の街 (Japan) , Streets of Violence, the Pen Never Lies (Japan) , Улица насилия (Russian Federation)
- Plot: A striking relevant message on the importance of independent and an honest main stream media opens this social conscious drama film. Truth in journalism is a major topical issue of concern today, more so than ever before. After an attempt is made to suppress a journalist's (Tôru Abe) investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses, he digs in and will not compromise his personal integrity his ethical responsibilities..... Satsuo Yamamoto crafted a diversity of little known masterpieces from the 1950s to the '70s, ranging from the controversial and socially conscious, to the historical all his films are highly entertaining. thought provoking adult dramas. Yamamoto was not considered an important director until the early '50s when he began as a freelance director making films independently. These projects including Pen itsuwarazu, bôryoku no machi , were socialist-leaning films, that shined a spotlight, had a focus, where others feared to tread.Yamamoto was considered one of the initiators of the movement of independent Japanese film-makers. Inspired Directors who boldly produced and presented controversial political and social matters artistically & entertainingly through the cinematic medium.
- IMDB:tt1637711
Pen itsuwarazu, bôryoku no machi Cast · · · ALL
Satsuo Yamamoto
Director
Kenzô Asada
Mitsushio
Tōru Abe
Tajima
Ryō Ikebe
Kawasaki
Kenjiro Uemura
Shanghai Tetsu
Jūkichi Uno
Natsume
Shirō Ōsaka
Suzumoto
Yoshio Omori
Jiro
Kanji Kawahara
Takada's father
Takashi Kanda
Masuyama
Kokuten Kōdō
Kuga
Akitake Kôno
Enomoto
Zenpei Saga
Shimaki
Takamaru Sasaki
Kano
Gen Shimizu
Suzuka
Masao Shimizu
Okano
Takashi Shimura
Sagawa
Masami Shimojô
Zenji
Jun Tatara
Yamamoto
Osamu Takizawa
Toyama
Shin Date
Usuda
Eizo Tanaka
Hardware dealer
Taiji Tonoyama
Ango Shindo
Yasushi Nagata
Sasaki
Shin’yō Nara
Koizumi
Isao Numasaki
Ichikawa