The Choice of Hercules
2002 · 2h 10m · N/A
Action, Crime, Drama
Directed by
Masato Harada
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The Choice of Hercules
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.
Director and cast
- Masato Harada Director
- Koji Yakusho as Atsuyuki Sassa
- Ryudo Uzaki as Shinichi Udagawa
- Masatô Ibu as Chief Constable Noma
- Yuki Amami as Sachiko Sassa
- Kazuyoshi Kushida Cast
- Osamu Shigematu Cast
- Eisuke Sasai as Hyodo
- Kazuhiro Yamaji Cast
- Makoto Fujita as Commissioner-General Gotoda
- Kosuke Toyohara Cast
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