Basic Info
Release: March 28, 1962
Runtime: 89 min
Rating: ⭐ 7.0/10 (4 votes)
Status: Released
The Challenge
1962
89 min
⭐ 7.0/10
4 votes
Overview
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.
Genres
Crime
Action
Production Countries
- Japan
Spoken Languages
- Japanese ja
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Cast
Koji Tsuruta
Kuroki
Tatsuo Umemiya
Mayumi Ozora
Hitomi Nakahara
Hiromi
Tetsuro Tamba
Takayama
Eitarō Ozawa
Yūko Kusunoki
Marin
Kappei Matsumoto
Shunji Kasuga
Takashi Kanda
Ken Sudo
Isamu Yamaguchi
President
Crew
Kinji Fukasaku
Director
Susumu Saji
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