CINEMA

The Challenge

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

1982109m5.9 (53)
ActionDrama

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.

Crew

John Frankenheimer

John Frankenheimer

Director

John Sayles

John Sayles

Writer

RL

Robert L. Rosen

Producer

Jerry Goldsmith

Jerry Goldsmith

Original Music Composer

IM

Ivan Moffat

Writer

RM

Richard Maxwell

Writer

RB

Ron Beckman

Producer

KO

Kōzō Okazaki

Director of Photography

Cast

Scott Glenn

Scott Glenn

Rick

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Toru Yoshida

Donna Kei Benz

Donna Kei Benz

Akiko Yoshida

Atsuo Nakamura

Atsuo Nakamura

Hideo Yoshida

Calvin Jung

Calvin Jung

Ando

Clyde Kusatsu

Clyde Kusatsu

Go

Sab Shimono

Sab Shimono

Toshio Yoshida

KN

Kiyoaki Nagai

Kubo

Kenta Fukasaku

Kenta Fukasaku

Jiro

Shōgo Shimada

Shōgo Shimada

Toru Yoshida's Father

Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio Inaba

Instructor

Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchi

Old Man

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