The Challenge

The Challenge

1962
1h 29m
7.0

7.0/10

4 votes • View on IMDb
Crime Action
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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Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Toei Company
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

insane asylum japanese noir trade newspaper revoltionary government high level skulduggery femme fatale spy

Quick Facts

Original Title 誇り高き挑戦
Release Date March 28, 1962
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0056074

Cast

Koji Tsuruta
Koji Tsuruta

Kuroki

Tatsuo Umemiya
Tatsuo Umemiya

Mayumi Ozora
Mayumi Ozora

Hitomi Nakahara
Hitomi Nakahara

Hiromi

Tetsuro Tamba
Tetsuro Tamba

Takayama

Eitarō Ozawa
Eitarō Ozawa

Yūko Kusunoki
Yūko Kusunoki

Marin

Kappei Matsumoto
Kappei Matsumoto

Shunji Kasuga
Shunji Kasuga

Takashi Kanda
Takashi Kanda

Ken Sudo
Ken Sudo

Isamu Yamaguchi
Isamu Yamaguchi

President

Key Crew

Kinji Fukasaku
Director
Susumu Saji
Screenplay