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.
Top Billed Cast
Koji Yakusho
Atsuyuki Sassa
Ryudo Uzaki
Shinichi Udagawa
Masatô Ibu
Chief Constable Noma
Yuki Amami
Sachiko Sassa
Featured Crew
Masato Harada
Director
Masato Hara
Producer
Atsuyuki Sassa
Writer
Soichi Ueno
Editor
Masato Harada
Writer
Yoshitaka Sakamoto
Director of Photography
Kyōko Heya
Production Design