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Challenge to Live (1961)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 38M

Director : Eizo Sugawa
Writer : Kaneto Shindō

Synopsis

An employee at an oil cartel (Mihashi) is haunted by an act years before when he euthanized a fellow soldier when the two were adrift at sea during the Pacific War. Matters are complicated further when he falls in love with the soldier's younger sister (Tsukasa).

Actors

Tatsuya Mihashi
Tatsuya Mihashi
Yōko Tsukasa
Yōko Tsukasa
Yumi Shirakawa
Yumi Shirakawa
Akira Kubo
Akira Kubo
Kumi Mizuno
Kumi Mizuno
Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura
Akihiko Hirata
Akihiko Hirata
Eijirō Tōno
Eijirō Tōno
Eitarō Ozawa
Eitarō Ozawa
Susumu Fujita
Susumu Fujita
Yoshifumi Tajima
Yoshifumi Tajima
Kyōko Kishida
Kyōko Kishida
Masayuki Mori
Masayuki Mori

Crews

Sanezumi Fujimoto
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Executive Producer
Shintarō Ishihara
Shintarō Ishihara
Original Story
Kaneto Shindō
Kaneto Shindō
Screenplay
Eizo Sugawa
Eizo Sugawa
Director
Fukuzo Koizumi
Fukuzo Koizumi
Director of Photography
Iwao Akune
Iwao Akune
Art Direction
Masanao Uehara
Masanao Uehara
Sound Recordist
Masanobu Miyazaki
Masanobu Miyazaki
Sound Recordist
Mitsuo Kaneko
Mitsuo Kaneko
Lighting Technician
Masaru Satō
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Editor
Takashi Tsuboshima
Takashi Tsuboshima
Assistant Director