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.

The Challenge (1982)

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

★ 5.9/10 July 23, 1982 109 min

ActionDrama

Director: John Frankenheimer  ·  Writers: Richard Maxwell, John Sayles, Ivan Moffat

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.

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Director

John Frankenheimer

Cast

Scott Glenn Rick Toshirō Mifune Toru Yoshida Donna Kei Benz Akiko Yoshida Atsuo Nakamura Hideo Yoshida Calvin Jung Ando Clyde Kusatsu Go Sab Shimono Toshio Yoshida Kiyoaki Nagai Kubo Kenta Fukasaku Jiro Shōgo Shimada Toru Yoshida's Father Yoshio Inaba Instructor Seiji Miyaguchi Old Man