Challenge at Dawn

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.

Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura

as

Go Wakabayashi

as

Tetsuya Watari

as

Mitsuko Baisho

as

Nana Ozaki

as

Shinsuke Mikimoto

as

Yoshirō Aoki

as

Ichirō Zaitsu

as

Masahiko Tanimura

as

Seiichirō Kameishi

as

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