The Challenge

誇り高き挑戦

Also known as Die Herausforderung, Défi d'amour propre - Fierté agressive, Hokori takaki chosen, The Proud Challenge, Hokori takaki chōsen

Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in the cover-up of a murder on an American base during the Allied Occupation. The film rolls along as a suspenseful thriller while offering a critique of political corruption, hypocrisy, and journalistic cowardice in postwar Japan.