L'ultima sfida

Titolo originale: The Challenge
Regia: John Frankenheimer |
Anno: 1982
Origine: Japan | United States of America |
Generi: Azione Dramma
Tag: japan | samurai | sword fight | aikido |
Cast: Scott Glenn | Toshirō Mifune | Donna Kei Benz | Atsuo Nakamura | Calvin Jung | Clyde Kusatsu | Sab Shimono | Kiyoaki Nagai | Kenta Fukasaku | Shōgo Shimada | Yoshio Inaba | Seiji Miyaguchi | Miiko Taka | Akio Kameda | Hisashi Osaka | Pamela Bowman | Pat McNamara | Roy Andrews | Henry Celis | Kazunaga Tsuji | Kusuo Kita | Toshio Chiba | Sokyu Fujita | Sanae Nakahara |

Due fratelli giapponesi sono in lotta tra loro all'ultimo sangue perché ciascuno rivendica il possesso delle sacre spade di famiglia, appartenute a un loro antenato, famoso samurai. Nel loro conflitto viene coinvolto a un certo punto un avventuriero americano che...

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Toshirô Mifune portrayed a character, Toru Yoshida, who had a similar sounding first name to his [...] D
First produced screenplay of Richard Maxwell. D
Third and final collaboration of composer Jerry Goldsmith and director John Frankenheimer. Their ear [...] D
Miiko Taka's final acting role as of 2020. D
First feature film in three years for director John Frankenheimer; his previous film was Profezia (1 [...] D
Second and final collaboration of Toshirô Mifune and John Frankenheimer. The first had been Grand [...] D
Toshirô Mifune was a student of such martial arts as aikido, kendo, karate, and kenjutsu, as well [...] D
First lead role in a feature film for Scott Glenn. D
The second movie from short-lived production house CBS Theatrical Films, a division of CBS Televisio [...] D
In Australia, the film was cut to garner an "M" rating for theatrical distribution, but the uncut 'R [...] D
Billed as Steve Seagal, later an actor and movie star, Steven Seagal worked on this movie as technic [...] D
One of at least five films shot during the late 1970s through to the early 1990s in which a characte [...] D
The modern Japanese architectural complex, the setting for the film's big finale, as well as being s [...] D
According to co-writer John Sayles, director John Frankenheimer brought him to Japan to change all t [...] D
Donna Kei Benz did not speak Japanese before being cast, and took a crash course in the language and [...] D
This American martial arts film's cinematographer, Kôzô Okazaki had about eight years earlier [...] D
Ian Moffat did uncredited work on the screenplay. It was the second and final collaboration of Moffa [...] D
The film was given the Restricted 18 rating in Australia. D
The movie featured several Asian-American actors in supporting roles well known from American televi [...] D
The name for the two fabled swords was "The Equals". One was engraved with a warrior's visage and th [...] D
Star Billing: Scott Glenn (first), Toshirô Mifune (second) and Donna Kei Benz (third). D
Toshirô Mifune's Shogun (1980) co-star Yôko Shimada was the first choice to play Akiko, but sh [...] D
Released on VHS in Australia and New Zealand by CBS/FOX video in 1983. D
Much of the movie was filmed on the grounds of the ancient Sokokuji Temple, which had remained uncha [...] D
Atsuo Nakamura's English-language dialogue was dubbed by an uncredited Paul Frees, who previously du [...] D
According to Scott Glenn, the original script was about a ruthless club fighter from California with [...] D
The film takes place in 1945 and 1982. D

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