The Challenge
“He has trained every thought, every muscle, every nerve, for the moment of truth!”
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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Cast
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Scott Glenn
Rick
Known for
The Silence of the Lambs
Marvel's The Defenders
Toshirō Mifune
Toru Yoshida
Known for
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Donna Kei Benz
Akiko Yoshida
Known for
Pray for Death
Looker
Atsuo Nakamura
Hideo Yoshida
Known for
The Vampire Doll
Kill!
Calvin Jung
Ando
Known for
RoboCop
Lethal Weapon 4
Clyde Kusatsu
Go
Known for
A Man on the Inside
Pantheon
Sab Shimono
Toshio Yoshida
Known for
Jackie Chan Adventures
Waterworld
Kiyoaki Nagai
Kubo
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Kenta Fukasaku
Jiro
Shōgo Shimada
Toru Yoshida's Father
Known for
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
Yoshio Inaba
Instructor
Known for
Seven Samurai
Harakiri
Seiji Miyaguchi
Old Man
Known for
Seven Samurai
Shōgun
John Frankenheimer Director · Ivan Moffat Writer Richard Maxwell Writer
Worldwide gross $3.6M · United States release July 23, 1982 · Produced in Japan, United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$3,600,000
Production
Poncher-Rosen-Beckman Productions
Production
CBS Theatrical Films
Production
Polyphony Digital
Production
CBS Productions
Production
Japan · United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Japanese
Release dates
United States · July 23, 1982
Theatrical
Germany
September 30, 1983 · Theatrical
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