The Challenge

The Challenge (1962)


  • Genre: Crime, Action
  • Release Date: 1962-03-28
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 29min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Toei Company
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Kinji Fukasaku
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Summary

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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  • Koji Tsuruta

    as Kuroki

  • Tatsuo Umemiya

    as

  • Mayumi Ozora

    as

  • Hitomi Nakahara

    as Hiromi

  • Tetsurō Tamba

    as Takayama

  • Eitarō Ozawa

    as

  • Yūko Kusunoki

    as Marin

  • Kappei Matsumoto

    as

  • Shunji Kasuga

    as

  • Takashi Kanda

    as

  • Ken Sudo

    as

  • Isamu Yamaguchi

    as President

  • Rinichi Yamamoto

    as

  • Mitsuo Andō

    as

  • Tadashi Suganuma

    as

  • Eiran Yoshikawa

    as

  • Nobuo Yana

    as

  • Sanae Mitsuoka

    as Robert's secretary

  • Akikane Sawa

    as

  • Chico Lourant

    as Sam
Directing Kinji Fukasaku Director
Writing Susumu Saji Screenplay
Directing Mikio Koyama Assistant Director
Art Tomomichi Araki Art Direction
Camera Ichirō Hoshijima Director of Photography
Lighting Kazuichi Yoshida Lighting Technician
Sound Koichi Kawabe Original Music Composer
Sound Yozo Uchida Sound Recordist
Editing Hiroshi Suzuki Editor

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