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.
Crime
Action
7.0
4 reviewsRuntime: 89 min.
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A
Release Date: 1962-03-28
Director(s): Kinji Fukasaku
Production: Toei Company
Languages: Japanese
IMDB: tt0056074
