The Choice of Hercules

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The Choice of Hercules

2002

2h 10m

8.0(5 votes)

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Crime

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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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役所広司

Atsuyuki Sassa

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宇崎竜童

Shinichi Udagawa

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伊武雅刀

Chief Constable Noma

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天海祐希

Sachiko Sassa

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串田和美

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重松収

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篠井英介

Hyodo

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山路和弘

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藤田まこと

Commissioner-General Gotoda

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豊原功補

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矢島健一

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遠藤憲一

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松岡俊介

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池内万作

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原田遊人

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甲本雅裕

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田中哲司

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Yutaro Mitsuoka

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榊英雄

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村田則男

ホトケのトミさん

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木村栄

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Kyôichi Furumoto

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Masato Nagamori

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工藤俊作

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石丸謙二郎

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荒川良々

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螢雪次朗

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田中要次

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Hiroshi Ohmori

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山田明郷

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飯田孝男

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深水三章

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椎名桔平

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街田しおん

Shinako

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篠原涼子

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松尾スズキ

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江藤漢斉

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武田真治

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鈴木一真

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もたいまさこ

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風見章子

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高橋和也

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李鐘浩

Itô - Assistant Police Inspector

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伊藤明賢

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山崎清介

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加藤満

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