
The Choice of Hercules
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
130 min
Release Date
2002-05-11
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
5
Vote Average
8
Koji Yakusho
Atsuyuki Sassa
Ryudo Uzaki
Shinichi Udagawa
Masatô Ibu
Chief Constable Noma
Yuki Amami
Sachiko Sassa
Kazuyoshi Kushida
Osamu Shigematu
Eisuke Sasai
Hyodo
Kazuhiro Yamaji
Makoto Fujita
Commissioner-General Gotoda
Kosuke Toyohara
Kenichi Yajima
Ken'ichi Endô
Shunsuke Matsuoka
Mansaku Ikeuchi
Eugene Harada
Masahiro Koumoto
Tetsushi Tanaka
Yutaro Mitsuoka
Hideo Sakaki
Norio Murata
ホトケのトミさん
Sakae Kimura
Kyôichi Furumoto
Masato Nagamori
Shunsaku Kudo
Kenjirou Ishimaru
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Yukijiro Hotaru
Yoji Tanaka
Hiroshi Ohmori
Meikyo Yamada
Takao Handa
Sanshō Shinsui
Kippei Shiina
Shion Machida
Shinako
Ryoko Shinohara
Suzuki Matsuo
Kansai Eto
Shinji Takeda
Kazuma Suzuki
Masako Motai
Akiko Kazami
Kazuya Takahashi
Kanehiro Ri
Itô - Assistant Police Inspector
Meiken Itô
Seisuke Yamazaki
Man Kato
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