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							CastScott GlennToshirĂ´ MifuneDonna Kei Benz
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							DirectorJohn Frankenheimer
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							Release Date1982
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							MPAA RatingR
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							Runtime1 hr 52 min
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							LanguageEnglish
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							IMDB Rating6.2 (2,741)
 
				                The Challenge is a dramatic action movie. An American boxer goes to Japan. An American boxer's career is over. He finds work as a security man escorting a rare and precious sword. When he accepts the job he does not know there are two brothers bitterly fighting over this family heirloom. The brothers come from a Samurai tradition and one of them teaches the boxer their methods of fighting.
The focus of this movie is on fighting traditions. An American boxer no longer has a fighting career. During the course of a job he begins to learn traditional Japanese fighting.
The Challenge is a 1982 action movie with a runtime of 1 hour and 52 minutes. It has received moderate reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 6.2.
