The Challenge
誇り高き挑戦
Rating: 7.4 · 1962 · Crime, Action · Japan · 1 ч 29 мин
Description
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.
Information
- Original title
- 誇り高き挑戦
- Year
- 1962
- Genre
- Crime, Action
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1 ч 29 мин
- TMDB
- 7.4
- IMDb
- 7.4
Director
Cast
- Koji Tsuruta — Kuroki
- Tatsuo Umemiya
- Mayumi Ozora
- Hitomi Nakahara — Hiromi
- Tetsuro Tamba — Takayama
- Eitarō Ozawa
- Yūko Kusunoki — Marin
- Kappei Matsumoto
- Shunji Kasuga
- Takashi Kanda
- Ken Sudo
- Isamu Yamaguchi — President
- Rinichi Yamamoto
- Mitsuo Andō
- Tadashi Suganuma
- Eiran Yoshikawa
- Nobuo Yana
- Sanae Mitsuoka — Robert's secretary
- Akikane Sawa
- Chico Lourant — Sam