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The Challenge

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R,1hr 52min
Genre:
Action
Release:
1982
Director:
John Frankenheimer
Starring:
Scott Glenn, Toshiro Mifune, Donna Kei Benz  ...more
Synopsis: 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 also contend with the minions of the Yakuza, a Japanese Mafia-style organization. Sword of the Ninja was co-written by John Sayles, ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Costello, AMG 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 Japanese brothers: one, a Yakuza, the other (Mifune) a master of the ... Full Review
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