Set in Kawasaki in 1925, Challenge at Dawn is based on the Tsurumi Riot Incident, which actually ocurred in Yokohama that year and was sparked by corruption and yakuza involvement in the construction industry.
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Kinnosuke Nakamura
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Go Wakabayashi
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Tetsuya Watari
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Mitsuko Baisho
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Hanzawa Naoki
Nana Ozaki
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Shinsuke Mikimoto
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Ichirō Zaitsu
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Masahiko Tanimura
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Seiichirō Kameishi
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Taketoshi Naitō
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Yoshi Katō
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Toshio Masuda Director · Shinobu Hashimoto Screenplay Ichirō Ikeda Screenplay
First release May 22, 1971 · Produced in Japan · Production Fuji Television Network
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Shochiku
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Fuji Television Network
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Original title
暁の挑戦
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Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · May 22, 1971
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No release date listed for United States.
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