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The Challenge
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The Challenge

1962-03-28 · 89 min · ★ 7.4

Crime · Action

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.

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Directors
Kinji Fukasaku
Production companies
Toei Company
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Koji TsurutaKoji TsurutaKuroki
Tatsuo UmemiyaTatsuo Umemiya
Mayumi OzoraMayumi Ozora
Hitomi NakaharaHitomi NakaharaHiromi
Tetsuro TambaTetsuro TambaTakayama
Eitarō OzawaEitarō Ozawa
Yūko KusunokiYūko KusunokiMarin
Kappei Matsumoto
Shunji Kasuga
Takashi KandaTakashi Kanda
Ken SudoKen Sudo
Isamu YamaguchiIsamu YamaguchiPresident
Rinichi YamamotoRinichi Yamamoto
Mitsuo AndōMitsuo Andō
Tadashi Suganuma
Eiran Yoshikawa
Nobuo YanaNobuo Yana
Sanae MitsuokaRobert's secretary
Akikane SawaAkikane Sawa
Chico LourantChico LourantSam

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