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The Challenge

7.4/ 10 · 0K votes
1962-03-28
1h 29m
JA
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Storyline

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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Toei CompanyToei Company

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