The Challenge (1962)

  • NR
  • 03/28/1962 (JP)
  • Crime, Action
  • 1h 29m

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.

Kinji Fukasaku

Director

Susumu Saji

Screenplay

Cast

Koji Tsuruta's headshot

Koji Tsuruta

Kuroki
Tatsuo Umemiya's headshot

Tatsuo Umemiya

Mayumi Ozora's headshot

Mayumi Ozora

Hitomi Nakahara's headshot

Hitomi Nakahara

Hiromi
Tetsuro Tamba's headshot

Tetsuro Tamba

Takayama
Eitarō Ozawa's headshot

Eitarō Ozawa

Yūko Kusunoki's headshot

Yūko Kusunoki

Marin
Kappei Matsumoto's headshot

Kappei Matsumoto

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