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.
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- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 28, 1962
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Original language
- JA
- Original title
- 誇り高き挑戦
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