The Challenge

The Challenge (1962-03-28)

Crime | Action |

7.4

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

Star Cast: Koji Tsuruta , Tatsuo Umemiya , Mayumi Ozora , Hitomi Nakahara ,

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Status: Released
Runtime: 89m
Popularity: 0.9785
Language: ja

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Vote Average: 7.4
Vote Count: 5

Keywords

insane asylum japanese noir trade newspaper revoltionary government high level skulduggery femme fatale spy

Star Cast
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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

Rinichi Yamamoto

Rinichi Yamamoto

Mitsuo Andō

Mitsuo Andō

Tadashi Suganuma

Tadashi Suganuma

Eiran Yoshikawa

Eiran Yoshikawa

Nobuo Yana

Nobuo Yana

Sanae Mitsuoka

Sanae Mitsuoka

Robert's secretary