The Choice of Hercules

The Choice of Hercules

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.

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Top Cast

Koji Yakusho

As Atsuyuki Sassa

Ryudo Uzaki

As Shinichi Udagawa

Masatô Ibu

As Chief Constable Noma

Yuki Amami

As Sachiko Sassa

Kazuyoshi Kushida

As

Osamu Shigematu

As

Eisuke Sasai

As Hyodo

Kazuhiro Yamaji

As

Makoto Fujita

As Commissioner-General Gotoda

Kosuke Toyohara

As

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