The Challenge

The Challenge

Movie 1962-03-28 1h 29m Crime Action
★ 7.4 / 10 · 5 votes

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.

Status
Released
Studio
Toei Company
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Director
Kinji Fukasaku
Cast
Koji Tsuruta Koji Tsuruta Kuroki Tatsuo Umemiya Tatsuo Umemiya Mayumi Ozora Mayumi Ozora Hitomi Nakahara Hitomi Nakahara Hiromi Tetsuro Tamba Tetsuro Tamba Takayama Eitarō Ozawa Eitarō Ozawa Yūko Kusunoki Yūko Kusunoki Marin Kappei Matsumoto Kappei Matsumoto Shunji Kasuga Shunji Kasuga Takashi Kanda Takashi Kanda Ken Sudo Ken Sudo Isamu Yamaguchi Isamu Yamaguchi President
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