The Challenge
89 mins
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.
Sanae Mitsuoka
Robert's secretary
Tomomichi Araki
Art Direction
Ichirō Hoshijima
Director of Photography
Susumu Saji
Screenplay
Kazuichi Yoshida
Lighting Technician
Hiroshi Suzuki
Editor
Yozo Uchida
Sound Recordist