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{{Infobox film
| name = Bōryoku no machi
| image = BoryokunoMachi.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Satsuo Yamamoto]]
| producer =
| writer = {{ubl|[[Yasutarō Yagi]]|Yūsaku Yamagata}}
| starring = {{ubl|[[Ryō Ikebe]]|[[Akitake Kōno]]}}
| music = [[Ichirō Saitō]]
| cinematography = Eikichi Uematsu
| editing = Akikazu Kono
| distributor = [[Daiei Film|Daiei]]
| released = {{Film date|1950|2|26|Japan|ref1=<ref name="jmdb">{{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1950/bz000330.htm |title=ペン偽らず暴力の街 (Street of Violence) |website=Japanese Movie Database |language=ja |access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref>}}
| runtime = 111 minutes<ref name="jmdb" />
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
}}

{{nihongo|'''''Street of Violence'''''|暴力の街|Bōryoku no machi}},{{efn|While mostly credited as {{nihongo||暴力の街|Bōryoku no machi}},<ref name="kotobank" /><ref name="kinenote" /><ref name="Anderson-Richie">{{cite book |last1=Anderson |first1=Joseph L. |last2=Richie |first2=Donald |date=1959 |title=The Japanese Film – Art & Industry |location=Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo |publisher=Charles E. Tuttle Company }}</ref> some sources give the original title as {{nihongo||ペン偽らず　暴力の街|Pen itsuwarazu bōryoku no machi}}.<ref name="jmdb" /><ref name="Jacoby" />}} also titled '''''City of Violence''''' and '''''Street of Violence (The Pen Never Lies)''''', is a 1950 Japanese [[crime film|crime]] and [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Satsuo Yamamoto]].<ref name="kotobank">{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%9A%B4%E5%8A%9B%E3%81%AE%E8%A1%97-756846 |title=暴力の街 (Street of Violence) |website=Kotobank |language=ja |access-date=11 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="kinenote">{{cite web|url=http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=27224 |title=暴力の街 (Street of Violence) |website=Kinenote |language=ja |access-date=11 October 2021}}</ref> Its story is based on a reportage published in the newspaper [[The Asahi Shimbun]].<ref name="kinenote" />

==Plot==
In the city of [[Tōjō, Hyōgo|Tōjō]], news reporter Kita is first insulted by local boss Onishi and later threatened by gangsters after an article on corrupt businessmen, officials and authorities. Bureau chief Sagawa withdraws Kita for his and his family's protection and instead sends a group of colleagues to Tōjō to investigate. Aided by a group of organised young people and formerly intimidated citizens, who are weary of the ongoing corruption and violence, the reporters can finally expose the schemings. In the closing [[voice-over]], the narrator cautions the audience to stay attentive to prevent a return of the depicted violence.

==Cast==
* [[Ryō Ikebe]] as Kawasaki
* [[Akitake Kōno]] as Enomoto
* Masao Mishima as Onishi
* Hajime Izu
* Miki Sanjō as Tazuko, Kita's sister
* Yasumi Hara as Kita
* Hatae Kishi as Harue
* [[Masao Shimizu]] as Okano
* [[Eitaro Ozawa|Eitarō Ozawa]]
* [[Takashi Shimura]] as Sagawa
* [[Jūkichi Uno]] as Natsume
* [[Taiji Tonoyama]]
* [[Osamu Takizawa]] as Prosecutor Togami

==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]], [[Shochiku|Shōchiku]] and [[Daiei Film|Daiei]], and independent film and theatre actors.<ref name="kinenote" /> It was shot on location where the actual events, which became known as the "Tōjō incident", had taken place.<ref name="kinenote" /><ref name="Jacoby">{{cite book |last=Jacoby |first=Alexander |date=2008 |title=Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day |location=Berkeley |publisher=Stone Bridge Press |page=350 |isbn=978-1-933330-53-2}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0042277}}

{{Satsuo Yamamoto}}

[[Category:1950 films]]
[[Category:1950 crime films]]
[[Category:1950 drama films]]
[[Category:Japanese drama films]]
[[Category:Japanese crime films]]
[[Category:Japanese black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Satsuo Yamamoto]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ichirō Saitō]]
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