The Challenge
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
The Challenge (1982, USA) is a Chambara-Action film directed by John Frankenheimer.
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Main Details
- Released in 1982
- Color
- Running Time: 113 Min.
- Production Co: CBS Theatrical Films | Poncher-Rosen-Beckman Productions
- Distribution Co: Embassy Pictures (1982) (USA) (theatrical) | New World-Mutual (1982) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Directed by John Frankenheimer
- Written by Richard Maxwell, John Sayles, Ivan Moffat
- Starring Scott Glenn, Toshirô Mifune, Donna Kei Benz, Atsuo Nakamura, Hideo Yoshida, Clyde Kusatsu
- Produced by Ron Beckman, Lyle Poncher, Robert L. Rosen
- Music by Jerry Goldsmith
- Cinematography by Kôzô Okazaki
- Film Editing by John W. Wheeler
Also Known As
- Equals | Sword of the Ninja | Denmark - Dræbende sværd | Spain - El reto del samurái | Finland - Miekka miekasta | France - À armes égales | Greece - Challenge, skliri anametrisi | Greece (video title) - Thanasimi proklisi | Hungary - A hadüzenet | Italy - L'ultima sfida | Netherlands - De uitdaging | Poland - Wyzwanie | Portugal - O Grande Desafio | Sweden - Samurajsvärden | Turkey - Büyük düello | Germany - Wenn er in die Hölle will, laß ihn gehen
Taglines
- One American against all odds.
- He has trained every thought, every muscle, every nerve, for the moment of truth!