The Choice of Hercules (突入せよ! あさま山荘事件) 21 years old

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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The Choice of Hercules Cast

Name Character
Kippei Shiina He was 37, now 59 years old
Kōji Yakusho He was 46, now 68 years old as Atsuyuki Sassa
Yūki Amami She was 34, now 56 years old as Sachiko Sassa
Masatō Ibu He was 53, now 75 years old as Chief Constable Noma
Kosuke Toyohara He was 36, now 58 years old
Ryûdô Uzaki He was 56, now 78 years old as Shinichi Udagawa
Shinji Takeda He was 29, now 51 years old
Hideo Sakaki He was 31, now 53 years old
Yoji Tanaka He was 38, now 60 years old
Kazuya Takahashi He was 32, now 54 years old
Eisuke Sasai He was 43, now 65 years old as Hyodo
Hiroshi Ohmori
Shion Machida She was 30, now 52 years old as Shinako
Hiroshi Sakuma He was 17, now 39 years old as Itô - Assistant Police Inspector
Masahiro Komoto He was 36, now 58 years old
Meiken Itô
Meikyô Yamada
Osamu Shigematu
Hajime Inoue He was 41, now 63 years old
Fumito Moriwaki

The Choice of Hercules Crew

Name Department
Masato Hara as Producer. He was 70 (now 92) years old Production
Kyôko Heya as Production Design. Art
Soichi Ueno as Editor. He was 33 (now 55) years old Editing
The Choice of Hercules poster
The Choice of Hercules (21 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, May 11, 2002
  • Runtime: 130 minutes