The Challenge

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.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Crime,

Action

Duration:

89 minutes

Year:

1962

Director:

Kinji Fukasaku

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Company:

Toei Company

Cast:

Kuroki

Hiromi

Takayama

Crew:

Director

Screenplay

Assistant Director

Art Direction

Director of Photography