The Choice of Hercules
Overview
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.
RATING
7.3
DIRECTOR
Masato Harada
COUNTRY
Japan
RELEASE DATE
2002
TIME
2h 10m
GENRES
Drama
Action
Crime
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