The Choice of Hercules (2002)
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.
Director:
Masato Harada
Writer:
Masato Harada
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Koji Yakusho as Atsuyuki Sassa |
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Ryudo Uzaki as Shinichi Udagawa |
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Masatô Ibu as Chief Constable Noma |
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Yuki Amami as Sachiko Sassa |
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Kazuyoshi Kushida as |
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Osamu Shigematu as |
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Eisuke Sasai as Hyodo |
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Kazuhiro Yamaji as |
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Makoto Fujita as Commissioner-General Gotoda |
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Kosuke Toyohara as |
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Kenichi Yajima as |
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Kenichi Endo as |
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Shunsuke Matsuoka as |
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Mansaku Ikeuchi as |
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Eugene Harada as |
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Masahiro Komoto as |
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Tetsushi Tanaka as |
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Yutaro Mitsuoka as |
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Hideo Sakaki as |
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Norio Murata as ホトケのトミさん |
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Sakae Kimura as |
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Kyoichi Furumoto as |
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Masato Nagamori as |
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Shunsaku Kudo as |
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Kenjirou Ishimaru as |
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Yoshiyoshi Arakawa as |
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Yukijiro Hotaru as |
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Yoji Tanaka as |
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Hiroshi Ohmori as |
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Meikyo Yamada as |
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Takao Handa as |
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Sanshō Shinsui as |
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Kippei Shiina as |
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Shion Machida as Shinako |
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Ryoko Shinohara as |
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Suzuki Matsuo as |
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Kansai Eto as |
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Shinji Takeda as |
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Kazuma Suzuki as |
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Masako Motai as |
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Akiko Kazami as |
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Kazuya Takahashi as |
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Kanehiro Ri as Itô - Assistant Police Inspector |
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Meiken Itô as |
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Seisuke Yamazaki as |
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Man Kato as |
| Directing | Masato Harada | Director |
| Production | Masato Hara | Producer |
| Camera | Yoshitaka Sakamoto | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Soichi Ueno | Editor |
| Art | Kyōko Heya | Production Design |
| Sound | Takatsugu Muramatsu | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Masato Harada | Screenplay |
| Writing | Atsuyuki Sassa | Book |
| Production | Hisao Nabeshima | Producer |
| Production | Kazuya Hamana | Producer |
| Production | 鈴木基之 | Producer |
| Production | 貝原正行 | Co-Producer |
| Camera | Gen Kobayashi | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Yukio Yuzawa | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Jun Nakamura | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Kenji Shibasaki | Sound Effects |
| Lighting | Takeshi Okubo | Gaffer |
| Production | Toshihide Yamada | Associate Producer |
| Production | Kimio Kataoka | Line Producer |
| Production | 梶野祐司 | Line Producer |
| Directing | 助監督 | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Hideaki Murakami | Assistant Director |
| Directing | 牧野千恵子 | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | 加藤義一 | Still Photographer |