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
Suzuki Matsuo
Kansai Eto
Mansaku Ikeuchi
Tetsushi Tanaka
Makoto Fujita
as Commissioner-General Gotoda
Hideo Sakaki
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Kazuma Suzuki
Kazuya Takahashi
Koji Yakusho
as Atsuyuki Sassa
Yuki Amami
as Sachiko Sassa
Eisuke Sasai
as Hyodo
Shinji Takeda
Akiko Kazami
Shunsuke Matsuoka
Masako Motai
Masatô Ibu
as Chief Constable Noma
Kazuhiro Yamaji
Masahiro Komoto
Shunsaku Kudo
Yoji Tanaka
Takao Handa
Man Kato
Ryudo Uzaki
as Shinichi Udagawa
Kenichi Endo
Sakae Kimura
Kippei Shiina
Shion Machida
as Shinako
Ryoko Shinohara
Kosuke Toyohara
Kenichi Yajima
Kenjirou Ishimaru
Hiroshi Ohmori
Meikyo Yamada
Sanshō Shinsui
Kazuyoshi Kushida
Yukijiro Hotaru
