The Challenge
Film1982109 min5.9/10 on TMDB
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Directed by John Frankenheimer
He has trained every thought, every muscle, every nerve, for the moment of truth!
The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Scott GlennRick
Toshirō MifuneToru Yoshida
Donna Kei BenzAkiko Yoshida
Atsuo NakamuraHideo Yoshida
Calvin JungAndo
Clyde Kusatsu
Sab ShimonoToshio Yoshida
Kenta FukasakuJiro
Shōgo ShimadaToru Yoshida's Father
Yoshio InabaInstructor
Seiji MiyaguchiOld ManExplore the crew
- Director
- John Frankenheimer
- Writer
- Richard Maxwell
- Writer
- John Sayles
- Writer
- Ivan Moffat
- Producer
- Ron Beckman
- Producer
- Robert L. Rosen
- Original Music Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Director of Photography
- Kōzō Okazaki
- Editor
- John W. Wheeler