The ChallengeMovie
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.
About The Challenge
The Challenge is a 1962 crime, action movie directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 29m, production credits from Japan, an original language code of JA.
The credited cast includes Koji Tsuruta, Tatsuo Umemiya, Mayumi Ozora, Hitomi Nakahara. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
