The Choice of Hercules 2002 Directed by Masato Harada 突入せよ！「あさま山荘」事件
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 11 May 2002
130 mins
Cast
Koji Yakusho
Atsuyuki Sassa
Ryudo Uzaki
Shinichi Udagawa
Masatô Ibu
Chief Constable Noma
Yuki Amami
Sachiko Sassa
Eisuke Sasai
Hyodo
Makoto Fujita
Commissioner-General Gotoda
Norio Murata
ホトケのトミさん
Shion Machida
Shinako
Kanehiro Ri
Itô - Assistant Police Inspector
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