Movie: The Challenge

Top 10 Billed Cast

Koji Tsuruta
Koji Tsuruta

Kuroki

Tatsuo Umemiya
Tatsuo Umemiya

Mayumi Ozora
Mayumi Ozora

Hitomi Nakahara
Hitomi Nakahara

Hiromi

Tetsuro Tamba
丹波哲郎

Takayama

Eitarō Ozawa
小沢栄太郎

Yūko Kusunoki
Yūko Kusunoki

Marin

Kappei Matsumoto
Kappei Matsumoto

Shunji Kasuga
Shunji Kasuga

Takashi Kanda
Takashi Kanda

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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

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    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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    日本語
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