The Challenge

1962 • 1h 29m • Crime, Action

7.4(5 votes)

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.

Director

Kinji Fukasaku

Writers

Susumu Saji

Status

Released