The Choice of Hercules

May 11, 2002

2h 10m

★ 8.0

Overview

When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation. But the task had its challenges. Upon arriving in mountainous Nagano, Sassa had to compete with freezing winter temperatures, conflicting opinions between the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and the Nagano Prefectural Police, as well as public opinion to gain entrance to the lodge that held the single woman captive.

Genres

Drama

Action

Crime

Production Companies

Toei Company

Asmik Ace Entertainment

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Cast

Atsuyuki Sassa

Koji Yakusho

Shinichi Udagawa

Ryudo Uzaki

Chief Constable Noma

Masatô Ibu

Sachiko Sassa

Yuki Amami

Kazuyoshi Kushida

Osamu Shigematu

Hyodo

Eisuke Sasai

Kazuhiro Yamaji

Commissioner-General Gotoda

Makoto Fujita

Kosuke Toyohara

Kenichi Yajima

Ken'ichi Endô

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