The Challenge (1962)
Original title: 誇り高き挑戦
The Challenge is a 1962 Japanese-language crime movie directed by Kinji Fukasaku, with a running time of 1h 29m. It stars Koji Tsuruta, Tatsuo Umemiya and Mayumi Ozora.
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.