The Challenge (1962)
1h 29m
Running Time
March 28, 1962Release Date
The Challenge (1962)
1h 29m
Running Time
March 28, 1962Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

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

Sanae Mitsuoka
Robert's secretary

Chico Lourant
Sam

Kinji Fukasaku
Director

Susumu Saji
Screenplay

Ichirō Hoshijima
Director of Photography

Tomomichi Araki
Art Direction

Kazuichi Yoshida
Lighting Technician

Mikio Koyama
Assistant Director

Yozo Uchida
Sound Recordist

Koichi Kawabe
Original Music Composer

Hiroshi Suzuki
Editor

Clifford Harrington
Media.

Details.
Release DateMarch 28, 1962
Original Name誇り高き挑戦
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 29m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
insane asylum
trade newspaper
revoltionary government
high level skulduggery
femme fatale spy
japanese noir
Wiki.
The Proud Challenge (Japanese: 誇り高き挑戦, Hepburn: Hokori takaki chosen) is a 1962 Japanese black-and-white crime action film directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
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