Movie: The Challenge

Top 10 Billed Cast

Koji Tsuruta
鶴田浩二

Kuroki

Tatsuo Umemiya
梅宮辰夫

Mayumi Ozora
大空眞弓

Hitomi Nakahara
中原ひとみ

Hiromi

Tetsuro Tamba
丹波哲郎

Takayama

Eitarō Ozawa
小沢栄太郎

Yūko Kusunoki
楠侑子

Marin

Kappei Matsumoto
松本克平

Shunji Kasuga
春日俊二

Takashi Kanda
神田隆

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    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

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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    日本語
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