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The Challenge

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

1982 · R · 1h 49m

Directed by John Frankenheimer

5.9

TMDB audience score
54 votes, out of 10

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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.

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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

  • 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