Movie: The Choice of Hercules

Top 10 Billed Cast

Koji Yakusho
役所広司

Atsuyuki Sassa

Ryudo Uzaki
宇崎竜童

Shinichi Udagawa

Masatô Ibu
伊武雅刀

Chief Constable Noma

Yuki Amami
天海祐希

Sachiko Sassa

Kazuyoshi Kushida
串田和美

Eisuke Sasai
篠井英介

Hyodo

Kazuhiro Yamaji
山路和弘

Makoto Fujita
藤田まこと

Commissioner-General Gotoda

Kosuke Toyohara
豊原功補

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    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.

  • Release Date

    2002-05-11

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    8

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    日本語

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