Film

Challenge at Dawn

19712h 21mHistory

Director: Toshio Masuda
Year: 1971

Set in Kawasaki in 1925, Challenge at Dawn is based on the Tsurumi Riot Incident, which actually ocurred in Yokohama that year and was sparked by corruption and yakuza involvement in the construction industry.

Top cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Go Wakabayashi

Tetsuya Watari

Mitsuko Baisho

Nana Ozaki

Shinsuke Mikimoto

Yoshirō Aoki

Ichirō Zaitsu

Masahiko Tanimura

Seiichirō Kameishi

Taketoshi Naitō

Yoshi Katō

Hiroko Shikanai

Emiko Tonosaki

Takako Yagi

Kei Satō

Ryōhei Uchida

Masao Mishima

Directed by

Toshio Masuda

Written by

Shinobu Hashimoto, Ichirō Ikeda, Takeo Kunihiro

Produced by

Toshio Mochizuki