Drama · Japan · 1961 · 1h 38m

Challenge to Live

愛と炎と

Challenge to Live poster
Director
Eizō Sugawa
Cast
Tatsuya Mihashi as Yōko Tsukasa as Yumi Shirakawa as Akira Kubo as Kumi Mizuno as Takashi Shimura as
Crew
Fukuzo Koizumi — Director of Photography Yoshitami Kuroiwa — Editor Masaru Satō — Original Music Composer Kaneto Shindō — Screenplay
Synopsis

An employee at an oil cartel (Mihashi) is haunted by an act years before when he euthanized a fellow soldier when the two were adrift at sea during the Pacific War. Matters are complicated further when he falls in love with the soldier's younger sister (Tsukasa).

Key Collaborators
Eizō Sugawa Director Fukuzo Koizumi Director of Photography Yoshitami Kuroiwa Editor Masaru Satō Original Music Composer Kaneto Shindō Screenplay
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