7.4The Challenge · 1962
The Challenge (1962) is a Crime / Action film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, starring Koji Tsuruta, Tatsuo Umemiya, Mayumi Ozora.
CrimeAction
7.4Overview
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.
Cast
Koji Tsuruta, Tatsuo Umemiya, Mayumi Ozora, Hitomi Nakahara, Tetsuro Tamba, Eitarō Ozawa, Yūko Kusunoki, Kappei Matsumoto
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What is "The Challenge" about?
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.
When was "The Challenge" released?
The Challenge was released in 1962.
Who stars in "The Challenge"?
The cast includes Koji Tsuruta, Tatsuo Umemiya, Mayumi Ozora, Hitomi Nakahara.
