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The Challenge (1962)

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.
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Kinji Fukasaku profile
Kinji Fukasaku

Director

Susumu Saji profile
Susumu Saji

Screenplay

Cast

Koji Tsuruta profile
Koji Tsuruta

Kuroki

Tatsuo Umemiya profile
Tatsuo Umemiya

Mayumi Ozora profile
Mayumi Ozora

Hitomi Nakahara profile
Hitomi Nakahara

Hiromi

Tetsuro Tamba profile
Tetsuro Tamba

Takayama

Eitarō Ozawa profile
Eitarō Ozawa

Yūko Kusunoki profile
Yūko Kusunoki

Marin

Kappei Matsumoto profile
Kappei Matsumoto

Shunji Kasuga profile
Shunji Kasuga

Takashi Kanda profile
Takashi Kanda

Ken Sudo profile
Ken Sudo

Isamu Yamaguchi profile
Isamu Yamaguchi

President

Koji Tsuruta profile
Koji Tsuruta

Kuroki

Tatsuo Umemiya profile
Tatsuo Umemiya

Mayumi Ozora profile
Mayumi Ozora

Hitomi Nakahara profile
Hitomi Nakahara

Hiromi

Tetsuro Tamba profile
Tetsuro Tamba

Takayama

Eitarō Ozawa profile
Eitarō Ozawa

Yūko Kusunoki profile
Yūko Kusunoki

Marin

Kappei Matsumoto profile
Kappei Matsumoto

Shunji Kasuga profile
Shunji Kasuga

Takashi Kanda profile
Takashi Kanda

Ken Sudo profile
Ken Sudo

Isamu Yamaguchi profile
Isamu Yamaguchi

President

Extra

Release Date

March 28, 1962

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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