The Challenge
Mar 28, 1962 · 1h 29m · Crime, Action
⭐ 7.0· 4 votes
Director Kinji Fukasaku
Writer Susumu Saji
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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.
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