Défi d'amour propre – Fierté agressive
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誇り高き挑戦
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The Proud Challenge
director:
Kinji Fukasaku
playwright:
Susumu Saji
actor:
Koji Tsuruta
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Tatsuo Umemiya
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Mayumi Ozora
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Hitomi Nakahara
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Tetsuro Tamba
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genre:
Crime
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Action
language:
Japanese
length: 1h 29m
release date: 1962-03-28
IMDb: tt0056074
誇り高き挑戦
overview
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.