The Challenge
(1962)
★ 7.4 IMDb · 5 votes
Year: 1962
Runtime: 69 мин
Country: Japan
Director: Киндзи Фукасаку
Cast: 鶴田浩二, 梅宮辰夫, 大空眞弓, Хитоми Накахара, Тэцуро Тамба, 小沢栄太郎, 楠侑子, 松本克平, 春日俊二, 神田隆
Plot
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.