The Challenge

The Challenge (1982)

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

  • Genre: Action, Drama
  • Release Date: 1982-07-23
  • User Rating: 5.9/10 from 45 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 49min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Poncher-Rosen-Beckman Productions
  • Production Country: Japan, United States of America
  • Director: John Frankenheimer
star 5.9/10
From 45 Ratings

Summary

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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  • Scott Glenn

    as Rick

  • Toshirō Mifune

    as Toru Yoshida

  • Donna Kei Benz

    as Akiko Yoshida

  • Atsuo Nakamura

    as Hideo Yoshida

  • Calvin Jung

    as Ando

  • Clyde Kusatsu

    as Go

  • Sab Shimono

    as Toshio Yoshida

  • Kiyoaki Nagai

    as Kubo

  • Kenta Fukasaku

    as Jiro

  • Shōgo Shimada

    as Toru Yoshida's Father

  • Yoshio Inaba

    as Instructor

  • Seiji Miyaguchi

    as Old Man

  • Miiko Taka

    as Toru Yoshida's Wife

  • Akio Kameda

    as Boxer

  • Hisashi Osaka

    as Knifeman

  • Pamela Bowman

    as Girl in Gym
Directing John Frankenheimer Director
Art Yoshiyuki Ishida Production Design
Writing John Sayles Writer
Production Robert L. Rosen Producer
Sound Jerry Goldsmith Original Music Composer
Writing Ivan Moffat Writer
Writing Richard Maxwell Writer
Production Ron Beckman Producer
Camera Kōzō Okazaki Director of Photography
Crew Steven Seagal Martial Arts Choreographer

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