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The Challenge

07/23/1982

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1hr 49min

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Action

,Drama

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

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Scott Glenn
  • Toshirō Mifune
  • Donna Kei Benz
  • Atsuo Nakamura
  • Calvin Jung

    Directors

  • John Frankenheimer
  • John Sayles

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Poncher-Rosen-Beckman Productions
  • CBS Theatrical Films
  • Polyphony Digital

    Production Countries

  • Japan
  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • Japanese

Cast

Scott Glenn

Rick

Toshirō Mifune

Toru Yoshida

Donna Kei Benz

Akiko Yoshida

Atsuo Nakamura

Hideo Yoshida

Calvin Jung

Ando

Clyde Kusatsu

Go

Sab Shimono

Toshio Yoshida

Kiyoaki Nagai

Kubo

Shōgo Shimada

Toru Yoshida's Father

Yoshio Inaba

Instructor

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