Crime ·Action · Japan · 1962 · 1h 29m

The Challenge

誇り高き挑戦

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Director
Kinji Fukasaku
Cast
Koji Tsuruta as Kuroki Tatsuo Umemiya as Mayumi Ozora as Hitomi Nakahara as Hiromi Tetsuro Tamba as Takayama Eitarō Ozawa as
Crew
Ichirō Hoshijima — Director of Photography Hiroshi Suzuki — Editor Koichi Kawabe — Original Music Composer Susumu Saji — Screenplay
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
insane asylumjapanese noirtrade newspaperrevoltionary governmenthigh level skulduggeryfemme fatale spy
Key Collaborators
Kinji Fukasaku Director Ichirō Hoshijima Director of Photography Hiroshi Suzuki Editor Koichi Kawabe Original Music Composer Susumu Saji Screenplay
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