The Challenge (1962)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1962-03-28
Runtime: 89 minutes
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Top Cast
- Koji Tsuruta as Kuroki
- Tatsuo Umemiya as
- Mayumi Ozora as
- Hitomi Nakahara as Hiromi
- Tetsuro Tamba as Takayama
- Eitarō Ozawa as
- Yūko Kusunoki as Marin
- Kappei Matsumoto as
- Shunji Kasuga as
- Takashi Kanda as
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