Fukusaku’s 6th film, starring Koji Tsuruta, Tetsurô Tanba & a very young Tatsuo Umemiya (as well as the leading actresses of Toei Tokyo Studio such as Hitomi Nakahara)

Pretty much all the stylistic trademarks of his later realistic yakuza films are here: juxtaposition of still images, canted angle, handheld camera, even the atom bomb explosion in the opening of BWHOH series has counterpart here.

The Proud Challenge (Hokori Takaki Chosen) 誇り高き挑戦 (1962) NTSC DVD5
The Proud Challenge (Hokori Takaki Chosen) 1962 DVDRip x264-UUU
Subtitle: English

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IMDB User Comment. 8 out of 10. Hard-hitting political thriller by a B-movie master, 23 October 2007. Author: wgardne1 from United States. The movie starts out full-throttle with blaring R&B music and still photos of the 1960 radical student protest movement behind the opening titles. As the film begins, Kuroki, a journalist for a trade paper, is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia.