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The Challenge (1982)
Directed by John Frankenheimer
“He has trained every thought, every muscle, every nerve, for the moment of truth!”
Action, Drama · 1h 49m
Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole thing is a set up in a bitter blood-feud between two brothers, one who follows the traditional path of the samurai and the other a businessman. At the behest of the businessman, Rick undertakes samurai training from the other brother, but joins his cause. He also becomes romantically involved with the samurai's daughter.
Cast
Scott Glenn
Toshirō Mifune
Donna Kei Benz
Atsuo Nakamura
Calvin Jung
Clyde Kusatsu
Sab Shimono
Kenta Fukasaku
Shōgo Shimada
Yoshio Inaba
Seiji Miyaguchi
Crew
- Director
- John Frankenheimer
- Writer
- Ivan Moffat, John Sayles, Richard Maxwell
- Director of Photography
- Kōzō Okazaki
- Original Music Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Editor
- John W. Wheeler
- Producer
- Ron Beckman, Robert L. Rosen
Details
- Release date
- 1982-07-23
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Action, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Japanese, English
- Countries
- Japan, United States of America
- Production
- Poncher-Rosen-Beckman Productions, CBS Theatrical Films, Polyphony Digital
- Box office
- $3,600,000