The Challenge (1982)
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole thing is a set up in a bitter blood-feud between two brothers, one who follows the traditional path of the samurai and the other a businessman. At the behest of the businessman, Rick undertakes samurai training from the other brother, but joins his cause. He also becomes romantically involved with the samurai's daughter.
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What critics compared The Challenge to
Aside from the slinky, skin-shedding Viper and the Iron Manga-look Silver Samurai, this takes place in a world closer to Sidney Pollack’s The Yakuza , John Frankenheimer’s The Challenge or Ridley Scott’s Black Rain (all of which feature Western tough guys confused by Japanese criminal society) than any of the other Marvel movie properties.