Released
The Challenge
March 28 1962 (almost 63 years ago)Rating
70
Based on
4 reviews
- Director: Kinji Fukasaku
- Writer: Susumu Saji
- Genres: Crime, Action
- Runtime: 1 h 29 m
- Country: Japan
- Company: Toei Company
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.
