
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.
The Choice of Hercules
May 11, 2002
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Cast (46)

Koji Yakusho
Atsuyuki Sassa

Ryudo Uzaki
Shinichi Udagawa

Masatô Ibu
Chief Constable Noma

Yuki Amami
Sachiko Sassa

Osamu Shigematu
N/A

Eisuke Sasai
Hyodo

Kazuhiro Yamaji
N/A

Makoto Fujita
Commissioner-General Gotoda

Kosuke Toyohara
N/A

Kenichi Yajima
N/A

Ken'ichi Endô
N/A

Mansaku Ikeuchi
N/A

Eugene Harada
N/A

Masahiro Koumoto
N/A

Tetsushi Tanaka
N/A

Yutaro Mitsuoka
N/A

Hideo Sakaki
N/A

Murata Norio
ホトケのトミさん

Sakae Kimura
N/A

Kyôichi Furumoto
N/A

Masato Nagamori
N/A

Shunsaku Kudo
N/A

Yukijiro Hotaru
N/A

Yoji Tanaka
N/A

Hiroshi Ohmori
N/A

Meikyo Yamada
N/A

Takao Handa
N/A

Sanshō Shinsui
N/A

Kippei Shiina
N/A

Shion Machida
Shinako

Ryoko Shinohara
N/A

Suzuki Matsuo
N/A

Kansai Eto
N/A

Shinji Takeda
N/A

Kazuma Suzuki
N/A

Masako Motai
N/A

Akiko Kazami
N/A

Kazuya Takahashi
N/A

Kanehiro Ri
Itô - Assistant Police Inspector

Meiken Itô
N/A

Seisuke Yamazaki
N/A

Man Kato
N/A
Crew (7)
Directing

Masato Harada
Director
Writing

Masato Harada
Writer

Atsuyuki Sassa
Writer
Production

Masato Hara
Producer
Sound
No data availableArt

Kyōko Heya
Production Design
Camera

Yoshitaka Sakamoto
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
No data availableCrew
No data availableEditing

Soichi Ueno
Editor