
The Challenge
Crime · Action
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.
Top Cast


Koji Tsuruta
Koji Tsuruta
Kuroki
Koji Tsuruta
Kuroki


Tatsuo Umemiya
Tatsuo Umemiya
Tatsuo Umemiya


Mayumi Ozora
Mayumi Ozora
Mayumi Ozora


Hitomi Nakahara
Hitomi Nakahara
Hiromi
Hitomi Nakahara
Hiromi


Tetsuro Tamba
Tetsuro Tamba
Takayama
Tetsuro Tamba
Takayama


Eitarō Ozawa
Eitarō Ozawa
Eitarō Ozawa


Yūko Kusunoki
Yūko Kusunoki
Marin
Yūko Kusunoki
Marin
Kappei Matsumoto
Kappei Matsumoto
Kappei Matsumoto
Shunji Kasuga
Shunji Kasuga
Shunji Kasuga


Takashi Kanda
Takashi Kanda
Takashi Kanda
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