The Choice of Hercules

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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  Masato Harada

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  Koji Yakusho
  Atsuyuki Sassa
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  Ryudo Uzaki
  Shinichi Udagawa
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  Masatô Ibu
  Chief Constable Noma
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  Yuki Amami
  Sachiko Sassa
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  Kazuyoshi Kushida
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  Osamu Shigematu
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  Eisuke Sasai
  Hyodo
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  Kazuhiro Yamaji
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  Makoto Fujita
  Commissioner-General Gotoda
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  Kosuke Toyohara
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  Kenichi Yajima
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  Kenichi Endo
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  Shunsuke Matsuoka
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  Mansaku Ikeuchi
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  Eugene Harada
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  Masahiro Komoto
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  Tetsushi Tanaka
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  Yutaro Mitsuoka
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  Hideo Sakaki
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  Norio Murata
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