The Choice of Hercules (2002)

7.6/10 130 min Drama Action Crime

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.

Cast

Koji Yakusho

Atsuyuki Sassa

Ryudo Uzaki

Shinichi Udagawa

Masatô Ibu

Chief Constable Noma

Yuki Amami

Sachiko Sassa

Kazuyoshi Kushida

Eisuke Sasai

Hyodo

Kazuhiro Yamaji

Makoto Fujita

Commissioner-General Gotoda

Kosuke Toyohara

Kenichi Yajima

Kenichi Endo

Shunsuke Matsuoka

Mansaku Ikeuchi

Masahiro Komoto

Tetsushi Tanaka

Hideo Sakaki

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