The Challenge (1982) Cast & Crew

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Directed by John Frankenheimer.

Cast

• Scott Glenn as Rick
• Toshirō Mifune as Toru Yoshida
• Donna Kei Benz as Akiko Yoshida
• Atsuo Nakamura as Hideo Yoshida
• Calvin Jung as Ando
• Clyde Kusatsu as Go
• Sab Shimono as Toshio Yoshida
• Kiyoaki Nagai as Kubo
• Kenta Fukasaku as Jiro
• Shōgo Shimada as Toru Yoshida's Father
• Yoshio Inaba as Instructor
• Seiji Miyaguchi as Old Man
• Miiko Taka as Toru Yoshida's Wife
• Akio Kameda as Boxer
• Hisashi Osaka as Knifeman
• Pamela Bowman as Girl in Gym
• Pat McNamara as Fight Promoter
• Roy Andrews as Hanger-on
• Henry Celis as Jorge
• Kazunaga Tsuji as Hashimoto
• Kusuo Kita as Thug
• Toshio Chiba as Customs Officer
• Sokyu Fujita as Man in Bar
• Sanae Nakahara as Cashier

Crew

• John Frankenheimer — Director
• John Sayles — Writer
• Robert L. Rosen — Producer
• Jerry Goldsmith — Original Music Composer
• Ivan Moffat — Writer
• Richard Maxwell — Writer
• Ron Beckman — Producer
• Kōzō Okazaki — Director of Photography

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