TMDb Rating
8.0/10
5 verified votes
The Choice of Hercules (2002)
DramaActionCrime
130 min
Plot Summary
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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Keywords to include
DramaActionCrimeMasato HaradaKoji YakushoRyudo Uzaki2002
Director
Masato Harada
Top Cast
Koji YakushoRyudo UzakiMasatô IbuYuki AmamiKazuyoshi Kushida
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