The Challenge
7.4
5 votes
1962
1h 29m
Crime
Action
Overview
Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in the cover-up of a murder on an American base during the Allied Occupation. The film rolls along as a suspenseful thriller while offering a critique of political corruption, hypocrisy, and journalistic cowardice in postwar Japan.
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Top cast
Koji Tsuruta
Kuroki
Tatsuo Umemiya
Mayumi Ozora
Hitomi Nakahara
Hiromi
Tetsuro Tamba
Takayama
Eitarō Ozawa
Yūko Kusunoki
MarinK
Kappei Matsumoto
S
Shunji Kasuga
Takashi Kanda
Ken Sudo
Isamu Yamaguchi
President
Rinichi Yamamoto
Mitsuo Andō
T
Tadashi Suganuma
E
Eiran Yoshikawa
Nobuo Yana
S
Sanae Mitsuoka
Robert's secretary
Akikane Sawa
Chico Lourant
SamDetails
Status
Released
Release date
March 28, 1962
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
Japanese
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