The Challenge (1962)

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.

Released March 28, 1962 89 min None+

Genres: Action, Crime

Keywords: tmdb.insane-asylum, tmdb.trade-newspaper, tmdb.revoltionary-government, tmdb.high-level-skulduggery, tmdb.femme-fatale-spy, tmdb.japanese-noir

Production Companies: Toei Company, Ltd.

Country: Japan
Production Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese