The Challenge

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.

Genre:

Crime, Action

Duration:

89 min

Cast:

Koji Tsuruta, Tatsuo Umemiya, Mayumi Ozora

Quality:

HD

Director:

Kinji Fukasaku

Release:

1962

Country:

Japan

Rating:

7.4