The Challenge

The Challenge

The Challenge

Genres
Action Drama

Release Date: Jul 23, 1982

Runtime: 109 minutes

Rating: 5.9/10

Status: Released

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

Overview

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.

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

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Cast

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

Clyde Kusatsu, Sab Shimono, Kiyoaki Nagai, Kenta Fukasaku, Shōgo Shimada, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Miiko Taka, Akio Kameda, Hisashi Osaka, Pamela Bowman, Pat McNamara, Roy Andrews, Henry Celis, Kazunaga Tsuji, Kusuo Kita, Toshio Chiba, Sokyu Fujita, Sanae Nakahara

Crew

John Frankenheimer, Yoshiyuki Ishida, John Sayles, Robert L. Rosen, Jerry Goldsmith ,

Ivan Moffat, Richard Maxwell, Ron Beckman, Kōzō Okazaki, Steven Seagal, John W. Wheeler