The Challenge

5.9 1982 109 min
R
Action Drama

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…

About

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Director
John Frankenheimer
Writers
Ivan Moffat, John Sayles, Richard Maxwell
Classification
R

Cast

The cast behind this title

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
Kenta Fukasaku Jiro
Shōgo Shimada Toru Yoshida's Father
Yoshio Inaba Instructor
Seiji Miyaguchi Old Man
Miiko Taka Toru Yoshida's Wife
Akio Kameda Boxer
Hisashi Osaka Knifeman
Pamela Bowman Girl in Gym
Pat McNamara Fight Promoter
Roy Andrews Hanger-on

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