The Proud Challenge (1962)
- Original title
- 誇り高き挑戦
- Directed by
- Kinji Fukasaku
- Genre
- action film, crime film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A criminal tries to outsmart the police and rival gangs in postwar Japan. The story follows a man caught between his own ambitions and the unforgiving rules of the underworld.
tensegrittyurgentsuspensefulbleaknoirishfast-paced
What happens
The Proud Challenge (Japanese: 誇り高き挑戦, Hepburn: Hokori takaki chosen) is a 1962 Japanese black-and-white crime action film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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