The Challenge

The Challenge (1962)

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.

star 7 5.9
  • Release Date: 1962-03-28
  • Runtime: 1h 29min
  • Director: Kinji Fukasaku

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Cast

  • Koji Tsuruta

    Kuroki

  • Tatsuo Umemiya

  • Mayumi Ozora

  • Hitomi Nakahara

    Hiromi

  • Tetsuro Tamba

    Takayama

  • Eitarō Ozawa

  • Yūko Kusunoki

    Marin

  • Kappei Matsumoto

  • Shunji Kasuga

  • Takashi Kanda

  • Ken Sudo

  • Isamu Yamaguchi

    President

  • Rinichi Yamamoto

  • Mitsuo Andō

  • Tadashi Suganuma

  • Eiran Yoshikawa

  • Nobuo Yana

  • Sanae Mitsuoka

    Robert's secretary

  • Akikane Sawa

  • Chico Lourant

    Sam

  • Clifford Harrington

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