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The Choice of Hercules
2 hours 10 minutes2002-05-11
8.0
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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.
Cast
![Koji Yakusho](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//r2WyVRyl6EJgyPKUJCB7D9cKYPE.jpg)
Koji Yakusho
Atsuyuki Sassa
![Ryudo Uzaki](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kO9vshZ4FJXyZO5wu4xgq8fa6OE.jpg)
Ryudo Uzaki
Shinichi Udagawa
![Masatô Ibu](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//iXa9IhA5RTTI0os3mguDKNDfhup.jpg)
Masatô Ibu
Chief Constable Noma
![Yuki Amami](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//h5OODF0k6lOomoA6T4BzyqFTcdL.jpg)
Yuki Amami
Sachiko Sassa
![Kazuyoshi Kushida](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hX30qpdyV2ZQGC4vNWHGoyFzijh.jpg)
Kazuyoshi Kushida
![Osamu Shigematu](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Osamu Shigematu
![Eisuke Sasai](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//wodKYG7zTWCVtQfWp4PlQS1vtuF.jpg)
Eisuke Sasai
Hyodo
![Kazuhiro Yamaji](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//fgGTdhTiWViGmjl2kABHWzLIpZ0.jpg)
Kazuhiro Yamaji
![Makoto Fujita](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//pkqf88iGk4ER0lDKkRylE58GdhZ.jpg)
Makoto Fujita
Commissioner-General Gotoda
![Kosuke Toyohara](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3lpCmqbi2AtUAuDzKDZPt03Wytr.jpg)
Kosuke Toyohara
![Ken'ichi Yajima](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//eOFxI3uj6Qt1rzZQILvB88JQjel.jpg)
Ken'ichi Yajima
![Kenichi Endo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5NyLtChKpQ0KLiYjZ3aSDylBIou.jpg)
Kenichi Endo
![Shunsuke Matsuoka](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//eFJcmpeubJPT0DCAd12bsk4ZQAm.jpg)
Shunsuke Matsuoka
![Mansaku Ikeuchi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hEAhYQm02GKyBVfzj8P8c6Fgwig.jpg)
Mansaku Ikeuchi
![Eugene Harada](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Eugene Harada
![Masahiro Koumoto](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//4JkKaQG7rbA4AYQ3sOMzEOxwnHv.jpg)
Masahiro Koumoto
![Tetsushi Tanaka](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//rJgqgja90LZR2CD5DbZdMsgH7je.jpg)
Tetsushi Tanaka
![Yutaro Mitsuoka](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Yutaro Mitsuoka
![Mitsuru Kato](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Mitsuru Kato
![Hideo Sakaki](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yOJwyuVpPZi2XB5SuKcjkSWX4uY.jpg)
Hideo Sakaki
![Murata Norio](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Murata Norio
ホトケのトミさん
![Sakae Kimura](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Sakae Kimura
![Kyôichi Furumoto](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kyôichi Furumoto
![Masato Nagamori](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Masato Nagamori
![Shunsaku Kudo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//x0ihVXRFGTN5lS7gemAvevBpPF1.jpg)
Shunsaku Kudo
![Kenjirou Ishimaru](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//s4kgd9tjnkgldnWbfbBusRn2YNj.jpg)
Kenjirou Ishimaru
![Yoshiyoshi Arakawa](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hUBEfo9d3voCLkiXKcLSnUz5zRa.jpg)
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
![Seisuke Yamazaki](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Seisuke Yamazaki
![Yukijiro Hotaru](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//y7njnXkFqKAc1Lv4kGCaxcxX5ux.jpg)
Yukijiro Hotaru
![Yoji Tanaka](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//752oL9YrUumjrqbhdj4GNJ938x3.jpg)
Yoji Tanaka
![Hiroshi Ohmori](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5X8Flpbd3qd0LGu0mar6sp0cPRd.jpg)
Hiroshi Ohmori
![Meikyo Yamada](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//irqDJsPZCCsrBlzSL9JbZ1eKp4e.jpg)
Meikyo Yamada
![Takao Handa](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Takao Handa
![Sanshô Shinsui](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yYktrYPPxbetHSmqmIIRsgSjscN.jpg)
Sanshô Shinsui
![Kippei Shiina](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//l4rKG2zW2xpe6XoyrCfJQHK7h6K.jpg)
Kippei Shiina
![Shion Machida](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//a0eMbNRDjIznMKtWKg0uwf4n92T.jpg)
Shion Machida
Shinako
![Ryoko Shinohara](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//sr02j4sbouNyuCKGEb6ZB0ikd8W.jpg)
Ryoko Shinohara
![Suzuki Matsuo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//aEPjvo4clIRPX4EcpkTxr8kRYR7.jpg)
Suzuki Matsuo
![Kansai Eto](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1vRIvwzHqZVTMVom61g51E5XGX9.jpg)
Kansai Eto
![Shinji Takeda](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7SwdKxpwHmL5saxxPLKkYibQt6p.jpg)
Shinji Takeda
![Kazuma Suzuki](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bIFnk0FUa40ka0Q4dxpoMaCw3zk.jpg)
Kazuma Suzuki
![Masako Motai](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//nKQJLvwFaAJMECFa7gRHW2uIQ4u.jpg)
Masako Motai
![Akiko Kazami](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kxQKf22kpzeDoQUbXqf0OAmKSMB.jpg)
Akiko Kazami
![Kazuya Takahashi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8iMidsLPqaVcW9u8J8xeCjYURu0.jpg)
Kazuya Takahashi
![Kanehiro Ri](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kanehiro Ri
Itô - Assistant Police Inspector
![Meiken Itô](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)