
The Challenge
Original title: The Challenge
NOTE
6.0/10
(47)
7/23/1982
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1h 49min

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Action
Drama
Synopsis
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.
Direction: John Frankenheimer
Screenwriter: John Sayles, Ivan Moffat, Richard Maxwell
Producer: Robert L. Rosen, Ron Beckman
Cast

Scott Glenn
Rick

Toshirō Mifune
Toru Yoshida

Donna Kei Benz
Akiko Yoshida

中村敦夫
Hideo Yoshida

Calvin Jung
Ando

Clyde Kusatsu
Go

Sab Shimono
Toshio Yoshida

深作健太
Jiro

島田正吾
Toru Yoshida's Father

稲葉義男
Instructor

宮口精二
Old Man