The Street Without Sun

7

Japan

Drama

140 min

1954

Sumiko Hidaka Isao Tamagawa Tokue Hanazawa Taizō Fukami Gen Shimizu Kō Nishimura Masao Oda Fudeko Tanaka Junkichi Orimoto Hisako Hara Jun Hamamura Kyôko Seki Jun Ōtomo Gorō Tarumi Yokichi Gotou Masao Mishima Masao Shimizu Tōru Abe Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi Yasumi Hara Hatae Kishi Tanie Kitabayashi Eijirō Tōno Miki Odagiri Jun Tatara Seiji Miyaguchi Izumi Hara Kinzō Shin Toshio Takahara Yoshi Katō Taiji Tonoyama Takashi Kanda Zenpei Saga

Based on the novel by proletarian writer Sunao Tokunaga. The story is about a long strike by workers at a large printing house and the strikers' steadfastness, which neither hunger nor violence could break. The heroine of this story actively participates in her colleagues' struggle against layoffs, oppression, and police brutality.