Movielogr
The Challenge (1962)
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
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.
Length 89 minutes
Actors
Koji Tsuruta | Tatsuo Umemiya | Mayumi Ôzora | Hitomi Nakahara | Tetsurō Tamba | Eitarô Ozawa | Yûko Kusunoki | Kappei Matsumoto | Shunji Kasuga | Takashi Kanda | Ken Sudo | Isamu Yamaguchi | Rinichi Yamamoto | Mitsuo Andô | Tadashi Suganuma | Eiran Yoshikawa | Nobuo Yana | Sanae Mitsuoka | Akikane Sawa | Chico Lourant