The Challenge
Summary:
The Challenge is a classy effort directed by John Frankenheimer. Scott Glenn stars as an American boxer who finds himself in the middle of a Japanese blood feud. Toshiro Mifune and Atsuo Nakamura plays the last surviving brothers of an ancient samurai family, embroiled in a battle of the possession of the family swords. Once involved in this contretemps, Glenn must als... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Scott Glenn - (Rick)
Toshiro Mifune - (Yoshida)
Donna Kei Benz - (Akiko)
Atsuo Nakamura - (Hideo)
Calvin Jung - (Ando)
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Review:
While undoubtedly a few notches below the best work of its participants, the film brings together the talents of Toshiro Mifune, John Sayles, and John Frankenheimer in a well-executed samurai effort. It's framed around the moral education of an arrogant, burnt-out American boxer Scott Glenn who gets caught up in a battle between two Jap... Continue >>
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