The Challenge

The Challenge (1962) is a crime, action film directed by Kinji Fukasaku rated 7.4/10.

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.

Cast

Koji Tsuruta

Kuroki

Tatsuo Umemiya

Mayumi Ozora

Hitomi Nakahara

Hiromi

Tetsuro Tamba

Takayama

Eitarō Ozawa

Yūko Kusunoki

Marin

Kappei Matsumoto

Shunji Kasuga

Takashi Kanda

Ken Sudo

Isamu Yamaguchi

President