The Challenge (1962)
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
Country
JP
Language
Japanese
Release date
28 March 1962
TMDB
7.4 (5)
CineVerse
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Koji Tsuruta
Kuroki
Tatsuo Umemiya
Mayumi Ozora
Hitomi Nakahara
Hiromi
Tetsuro Tamba
Takayama
Eitarō Ozawa
Yūko Kusunoki
Marin
K
Kappei Matsumoto
S
Shunji Kasuga
Takashi Kanda
Ken Sudo
Isamu Yamaguchi
President
Rinichi Yamamoto
Mitsuo Andō
T
Tadashi Suganuma
E
Eiran Yoshikawa
Nobuo Yana
S
Sanae Mitsuoka
Robert's secretary
Akikane Sawa
Chico Lourant
Sam
Cliff Harrington
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