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The Challenge

23 Jul 1982 1h 49min R 5.9/10 (55) EN

“He has trained every thought, every muscle, every nerve, for the moment of truth!”

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.

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Director
John Frankenheimer
Writer
Richard Maxwell, John Sayles, Ivan Moffat
Music
Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography
Kōzō Okazaki
Editing
John W. Wheeler
Producer
Ron Beckman, Robert L. Rosen
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Cast

Scott Glenn Rick
Toshirō Mifune Toru Yoshida
Donna Kei Benz Akiko Yoshida
Atsuo Nakamura Hideo Yoshida
Calvin Jung Ando
Clyde Kusatsu Go
Sab Shimono Toshio Yoshida
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Kiyoaki Nagai Kubo
Kenta Fukasaku Jiro
Shōgo Shimada Toru Yoshida's Father
Yoshio Inaba Instructor
Seiji Miyaguchi Old Man
Miiko Taka Toru Yoshida's Wife
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Akio Kameda Boxer
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Hisashi Osaka Knifeman
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Pamela Bowman Girl in Gym
Pat McNamara Fight Promoter
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Roy Andrews Hanger-on
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Henry Celis Jorge
Kazunaga Tsuji Hashimoto

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