The Challenge
The Challenge
NR
7.0
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1962

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89m

The Challenge

Summary

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

Screenplay

Susumu Saji

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

Japanese

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Keywords

insane asylum
japanese noir
trade newspaper
revoltionary government
high level skulduggery
femme fatale spy