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The Challenge (1982)

Director: John Frankenheimer

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From Time Out Film Guide

Kung-fu action thriller set in Tokyo which pits the samurai tradition of honourable combat against the new westernised Japan of guns and super-capitalism. The elaborate combat will please fans, but anyone not much engaged by martial arts as a genre will soon find themselves pretty bored despite the script's occasional ironies. The Yakuza did it all so much better.

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Cast & crew

Director: John Frankenheimer

Producer: Robert L Rosen, Ron Beckman

Cast: Scott Glenn, Toshiro Mifune, Donna Kei Benz, Atsuo Nakamura, Calvin Jung full cast

Genre(s): Action/Adventure

Duration: 116 mins


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