The Choice of Hercules
突入せよ！「あさま山荘」事件
Release: 2002-05-11
·Runtime: 130m
·★ 8.0
Drama
Action
Crime
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Toei Company
Asmik Ace Entertainment
Cast
Takao Handa
Kazuma Suzuki
Masako Motai
Ryudo Uzaki
as Shinichi Udagawa
Masatô Ibu
as Chief Constable Noma
Shunsaku Kudo
Yukijiro Hotaru
Akiko Kazami
Yuki Amami
as Sachiko Sassa
Masahiro Komoto
Hideo Sakaki
Tetsushi Tanaka
Ryoko Shinohara
Suzuki Matsuo
Kenichi Yajima
Sakae Kimura
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Sanshō Shinsui
Kansai Eto
Man Kato
Yoji Tanaka
Koji Yakusho
as Atsuyuki Sassa
Kazuyoshi Kushida
Eisuke Sasai
as Hyodo
Kenjirou Ishimaru
Hiroshi Ohmori
Meikyo Yamada
Shion Machida
as Shinako
Makoto Fujita
as Commissioner-General Gotoda
Kosuke Toyohara
Kenichi Endo
Shunsuke Matsuoka
Mansaku Ikeuchi
Kippei Shiina
Shinji Takeda
Kazuya Takahashi
Kazuhiro Yamaji
