The Challenge (1982)
Action • Drama • 1ч 49м
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.
TMDB rating:
5.9
(52)
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
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Kiyoaki Nagai
Kubo
Kenta Fukasaku
Jiro
Shōgo Shimada
Toru Yoshida's Father
Yoshio Inaba
Instructor
Seiji Miyaguchi
Old Man
Miiko Taka
Toru Yoshida's Wife
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Akio Kameda
Boxer
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Hisashi Osaka
Knifeman
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Pamela Bowman
Girl in Gym
Pat McNamara
Fight Promoter
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Roy Andrews
Hanger-on
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Henry Celis
Jorge
Kazunaga Tsuji
Hashimoto
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Kusuo Kita
Thug
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Toshio Chiba
Customs Officer
Sokyu Fujita
Man in Bar
Sanae Nakahara
Cashier
Crew
John Frankenheimer
Director
Yoshiyuki Ishida
Production Design
John Sayles
Writer
Robert L. Rosen
Producer
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Ivan Moffat
Writer
Richard Maxwell
Writer
Ron Beckman
Producer
Kōzō Okazaki
Director of Photography
Steven Seagal
Martial Arts Choreographer
John W. Wheeler
Editor
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