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.
Year: 1962
Studio: Toei Company
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Cast: Koji Tsuruta, Tatsuo Umemiya, Mayumi Ozora, Hitomi Nakahara, Tetsuro Tamba, Eitarō Ozawa
Crew: Kinji Fukasaku (Director), Susumu Saji (Screenplay), Ichirō Hoshijima (Director of Photography), Tomomichi Araki (Art Direction), Kazuichi Yoshida (Lighting Technician), Mikio Koyama (Assistant Director)
Runtime: 89 minutes
Release: Mar 28, 1962
IMDb: 7.40/10 by 5 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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