The Challenge
19621h 29m7.4
Crime, Action
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genre
- Crime
- Origin
- Japan
About
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.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet. It is in Japan.
Details
- Director
- Kinji Fukasaku
- Writing
- Susumu Saji
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Mar 28, 1962
- Studio
- Toei Company
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
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