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Bookmark this pageThe Challenge (1982)
Director: John Frankenheimer
Movie review
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.Author: DP
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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