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Cast

Koji Tsuruta

Koji Tsuruta

Kuroki

Tatsuo Umemiya

Tatsuo Umemiya

Mayumi Ozora

Mayumi Ozora

Hitomi Nakahara

Hitomi Nakahara

Hiromi

Tetsuro Tamba

Tetsuro Tamba

Takayama

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Yūko Kusunoki

Yūko Kusunoki

Marin

Kappei Matsumoto

Kappei Matsumoto

Shunji Kasuga

Shunji Kasuga

Takashi Kanda

Takashi Kanda

Ken Sudo

Ken Sudo

Isamu Yamaguchi

Isamu Yamaguchi

President

Rinichi Yamamoto

Rinichi Yamamoto

Mitsuo Andō

Mitsuo Andō

Tadashi Suganuma

Tadashi Suganuma

Eiran Yoshikawa

Eiran Yoshikawa

Nobuo Yana

Nobuo Yana

Sanae Mitsuoka

Sanae Mitsuoka

Robert's secretary

Akikane Sawa

Akikane Sawa

Chico Lourant

Chico Lourant

Sam

Clifford Harrington

Clifford Harrington

Crew

Kinji Fukasaku

Kinji Fukasaku

Director

Tomomichi Araki

Tomomichi Araki

Art Direction

Mikio Koyama

Mikio Koyama

Assistant Director

Ichirō Hoshijima

Ichirō Hoshijima

Director of Photography

Susumu Saji

Susumu Saji

Screenplay

Kazuichi Yoshida

Kazuichi Yoshida

Lighting Technician

Koichi Kawabe

Koichi Kawabe

Original Music Composer

Hiroshi Suzuki

Hiroshi Suzuki

Editor

Yozo Uchida

Yozo Uchida

Sound Recordist

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The Challenge

19627.0 / 1089 min
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.