The Challenge
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.
The Challenge
March 28, 1962
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Cast (21)
Koji Tsuruta
Kuroki
Tatsuo Umemiya
N/A
Mayumi Ozora
N/A
Hitomi Nakahara
Hiromi
Tetsuro Tamba
Takayama
Eitarō Ozawa
N/A
Yūko Kusunoki
Marin
Kappei Matsumoto
N/A
Shunji Kasuga
N/A
Takashi Kanda
N/A
Ken Sudo
N/A
Isamu Yamaguchi
President
Rinichi Yamamoto
N/A
Mitsuo Andō
N/A
Tadashi Suganuma
N/A
Eiran Yoshikawa
N/A
Nobuo Yana
N/A
Sanae Mitsuoka
Robert's secretary
Akikane Sawa
N/A
Chico Lourant
Sam
Crew (9)
Directing
Kinji Fukasaku
Director
Mikio Koyama
Assistant Director
Writing
Susumu Saji
Screenplay
Production
No data availableSound
Yozo Uchida
Sound Recordist
Koichi Kawabe
Original Music Composer
Art
Tomomichi Araki
Art Direction
Camera
Ichirō Hoshijima
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
No data availableCrew
No data availableEditing
Hiroshi Suzuki
Editor
Lighting
Kazuichi Yoshida
Lighting Technician