Directed by:
John FrankenheimerComposer:
Jerry GoldsmithCast:
Scott Glenn, Toshirō Mifune, Atsuo Nakamura, Clyde Kusatsu, Kenta Fukasaku, Seiji Miyaguchi, Miiko Taka, Sab Shimono, 辻萬長, 稲葉義男, Calvin Jung, Pat McNamaraVOD (1)
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He has trained every thought… every muscle… every nerve… for this moment of truth! The Challenge was co-written by John Sayles and Richard Maxwell, and stars Scott Glenn as an American boxer thrust into a Japanese family feud involving the ownership of an ancient sword. Screen legend Toshiro Mifune, plays a master samurai who trains the American in the ways of Japanese martial arts and culture so that he can assist him in foiling his rich industrialist brother (Atsuo Nakamura). (Kino Lorber)
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Scott Glenn
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
C'est l'apocalypse (1979)
Toshirō Mifune
China
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Samurai Rebellion (1967)
Atsuo Nakamura
Japan
Best movies:
The Ceremony (1971)
Brass Knuckle Boys (2008)
The Vampire Doll (1970)
Clyde Kusatsu
USA
Best movies:
Hot Shots! 2 (1993)
Midway (1976)
In the Line of Fire (1993)
Kenta Fukasaku
Japan
Best movies:
The Challenge (1982)
Seiji Miyaguchi
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Early Summer (1951)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Miiko Taka
USA
Sab Shimono
USA
Best movies:
The Simpsons: Heaven and Hell (2002) (video compilation)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Midway (1976)
辻萬長
Japan
Best movies:
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
The Makioka Sisters (1983)
G.I. Samurai (1979)
稲葉義男
Japan
Best movies:
Seven Samurai (1954)
Harakiri (1962)
The Old Bear Hunter (1982)
Calvin Jung
USA
Best movies:
The Day After (1983) (TV movie)
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
RoboCop (1987)
Pat McNamara
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Fight Club (1999)
Sleepers (1996)