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The Challenge
★ 7.4· 1962· 89 min· Popularity 0
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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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Release Date: 3/28/1962
Runtime: 89 minutes
Languages: Japanese
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
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Companies: Toei Company
Countries: Japan
Where to watch · JP
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Keywords
insane asylumjapanese noirtrade newspaperrevoltionary governmenthigh level skulduggeryfemme fatale spy
