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.

• Release Date: 1962-03-28
• Runtime: 1h 29min
• Director: Kinji Fukasaku
• Writer: Susumu Saji