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The Challenge

The Challenge

誇り高き挑戦
7.4 (5) ·1962 ·89 min ·Movie
Crime Action

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.

Top 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
Shunji Kasuga
Takashi Kanda
Takashi Kanda

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