The Choice of Hercules (2002)
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: Masato Harada
Koji Yakusho Atsuyuki Sassa |
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Ryudo Uzaki Shinichi Udagawa |
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Masatō Ibu Chief Constable Noma |
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Yuki Amami Sachiko Sassa |
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Kazuyoshi Kushida | |
Osamu Shigematu | |
Eisuke Sasai Hyodo |
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Kazuhiro Yamaji | |
Makoto Fujita Commissioner-General Gotoda |
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Kosuke Toyohara | |
Ken'ichi Yajima | |
Kenichi Endo | |
Shunsuke Matsuoka | |
Mansaku Ikeuchi | |
Eugene Harada | |
Masahiro Koumoto | |
Tetsushi Tanaka | |
Yutaro Mitsuoka | |
Mitsuru Kato | |
Hideo Sakaki | |
Murata Norio ホトケのトミさん |
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Sakae Kimura | |
Kyôichi Furumoto | |
Masato Nagamori | |
Shunsaku Kudo | |
Kenjirou Ishimaru | |
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa | |
Seisuke Yamazaki | |
Yukijiro Hotaru | |
Yoji Tanaka | |
Hiroshi Ohmori | |
Meikyo Yamada | |
Takao Handa | |
Sanshô Shinsui | |
Kippei Shiina | |
Shion Machida Shinako |
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Ryoko Shinohara | |
Suzuki Matsuo | |
Kansai Eto | |
Shinji Takeda | |
Kazuma Suzuki | |
Masako Motai | |
Akiko Kazami | |
Kazuya Takahashi | |
Kanehiro Ri Itô - Assistant Police Inspector |
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Meiken Itô |
Directing | Masato Harada | Director |
Writing | Masato Harada | Writer |
Production | Masato Hara | Producer |
Art | Kyōko Heya | Production Design |
Editing | Soichi Ueno | Editor |
Camera | Yoshitaka Sakamoto | Director of Photography |
Writing | Atsuyuki Sassa | Writer |