The Challenge 1962
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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.
- Released: 1962-03-28
- Runtime: 89 minutes
- Genre: Crime, Action
- Stars: Koji Tsuruta, Tatsuo Umemiya, Mayumi Ozora, Hitomi Nakahara, Tetsuro Tamba
- Director: Kinji Fukasaku, Tomomichi Araki, Mikio Koyama, Ichirō Hoshijima, Susumu Saji
