Movie

The Challenge (1962)

• March 28, 1962
• 1h 29m

• Crime
• Action

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.

Director

Kinji Fukasaku

Writers

Susumu Saji

Starring

Koji Tsuruta, Tatsuo Umemiya, Mayumi Ozora