The Challenge
movie
Released March 28, 1962
Overview
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.
Cast
Crew
Kinji Fukasaku
as
Director
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Susumu Saji
as
Screenplay
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Ichirō Hoshijima
as
Director of Photography
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Tomomichi Araki
as
Art Direction
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Kazuichi Yoshida
as
Lighting Technician
Mikio Koyama
as
Assistant Director
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Yozo Uchida
as
Sound Recordist
Koichi Kawabe
as
Original Music Composer
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Hiroshi Suzuki
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Editor