The Challenge (1962) — action, crime film. Directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Starring Koji Tsuruta, Tatsuo Umemiya, Mayumi Ozora, Hitomi Nakahara. This page maps 5 characters and 7 relationships between them as an interactive character network.
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A journalist's relentless pursuit of an arms trafficking conspiracy uncovers systemic corruption and personal sacrifices.
Action, Crime · 7.4/10 · 89 min · 1962
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.
