The Challenge
7
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1962-03-28
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Crime
Action
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.
Featured Crew
| Kinji Fukasaku | Director |
| Susumu Saji | Screenplay |
| Kazuichi Yoshida | Lighting Technician |
| Ichirō Hoshijima | Director of Photography |
| Mikio Koyama | Assistant Director |
| Tomomichi Araki | Art Direction |
| Koichi Kawabe | Original Music Composer |
| Yozo Uchida | Sound Recordist |
| Hiroshi Suzuki | Editor |
