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The Challenge

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

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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.

Director: John Frankenheimer
Writers: Ivan Moffat, Richard Maxwell, John Sayles
Language: English
Country: Japan, United States of America
Release date: 23 July 1982
Box office: $3,600,000

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