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The Challenge
The Challenge

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The Challenge

NR·1962·89m

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.

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Director

Kinji Fukasaku

Screenplay

Susumu Saji

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Status:

Released

Original Language:

Japanese

Budget:

$0.00

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$0.00

Keywords

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