The Choice of Hercules

The Choice of Hercules

2002•2h 10m•8.0/10

DramaActionCrime

Ratings

🎬TMDb

8.0/10(5)

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.

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Production

Toei Company, Asmik Ace Entertainment

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Koji Yakusho

Koji Yakusho

Atsuyuki Sassa

Ryudo Uzaki

Ryudo Uzaki

Shinichi Udagawa

Masatô Ibu

Masatô Ibu

Chief Constable Noma

Yuki Amami

Yuki Amami

Sachiko Sassa

Kazuyoshi Kushida

Kazuyoshi Kushida

Osamu Shigematu

Eisuke Sasai

Eisuke Sasai

Hyodo

Kazuhiro Yamaji

Kazuhiro Yamaji

Makoto Fujita

Makoto Fujita

Commissioner-General Gotoda

Kosuke Toyohara

Kosuke Toyohara

Kenichi Yajima

Kenichi Yajima

Kenichi Endo

Kenichi Endo

Shunsuke Matsuoka

Shunsuke Matsuoka

Mansaku Ikeuchi

Mansaku Ikeuchi

Eugene Harada

Masahiro Komoto

Masahiro Komoto

Tetsushi Tanaka

Tetsushi Tanaka

Yutaro Mitsuoka

Hideo Sakaki

Hideo Sakaki

Norio Murata

ホトケのトミさん

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