

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
DirectorSusumu Saji
ScreenplayCast

Koji Tsuruta
Kuroki
Tatsuo Umemiya

Mayumi Ozora

Hitomi Nakahara
Hiromi
Tetsuro Tamba
Takayama
Eitarō Ozawa
