/uwdjKMt8WvrKjP54d344NjjvnZ1.jpg

The Choice of Hercules (2002)

Genre : Drama, Action, Crime

Runtime : 2H 10M

Director : Masato Harada

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Koji Yakusho
Koji Yakusho
Atsuyuki Sassa
Ryûdô Uzaki
Ryûdô Uzaki
Shinichi Udagawa
Masatō Ibu
Masatō Ibu
Chief Constable Noma
Yuki Amami
Yuki Amami
Sachiko Sassa
Kazuyoshi Kushida
Kazuyoshi Kushida
Osamu Shigematu
Osamu Shigematu
Eisuke Sasai
Eisuke Sasai
Hyodo
Kazuhiro Yamaji
Kazuhiro Yamaji
Makoto Fujita
Makoto Fujita
Commissioner-General Gotoda
Kosuke Toyohara
Kosuke Toyohara
Ken'ichi Yajima
Ken'ichi Yajima
Kenichi Endo
Kenichi Endo
Shunsuke Matsuoka
Shunsuke Matsuoka
Mansaku Ikeuchi
Mansaku Ikeuchi
Eugene Harada
Eugene Harada
Masahiro Koumoto
Masahiro Koumoto
Tetsushi Tanaka
Tetsushi Tanaka
Yutaro Mitsuoka
Yutaro Mitsuoka
Mitsuru Kato
Mitsuru Kato
Hideo Sakaki
Hideo Sakaki
Murata Norio
Murata Norio
ホトケのトミさん
Sakae Kimura
Sakae Kimura
Kyôichi Furumoto
Kyôichi Furumoto
Masato Nagamori
Masato Nagamori
Shunsaku Kudo
Shunsaku Kudo
Kenjirou Ishimaru
Kenjirou Ishimaru
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Seisuke Yamazaki
Seisuke Yamazaki
Yukijiro Hotaru
Yukijiro Hotaru
Yoji Tanaka
Yoji Tanaka
Hiroshi Ohmori
Hiroshi Ohmori
Meikyo Yamada
Meikyo Yamada
Takao Handa
Takao Handa
Motokichi Tajima
Motokichi Tajima
Sanshô Shinsui
Sanshô Shinsui
Kippei Shiina
Kippei Shiina
Shion Machida
Shion Machida
Shinako
Ryoko Shinohara
Ryoko Shinohara
Suzuki Matsuo
Suzuki Matsuo
Kansai Eto
Kansai Eto
Shinji Takeda
Shinji Takeda
Kazuma Suzuki
Kazuma Suzuki
Masako Motai
Masako Motai
Akiko Kazami
Akiko Kazami
Kazuya Takahashi
Kazuya Takahashi
Kanehiro Ri
Kanehiro Ri
Itô - Assistant Police Inspector
Meiken Itô
Meiken Itô

Crews

Masato Harada
Masato Harada
Director
Atsuyuki Sassa
Atsuyuki Sassa
Writer
Masato Hara
Masato Hara
Producer
Masato Harada
Masato Harada
Writer
Yoshitaka Sakamoto
Yoshitaka Sakamoto
Director of Photography
Soichi Ueno
Soichi Ueno
Editor
Kyôko Heya
Kyôko Heya
Production Design

Similar

Silvester Home Run
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
The war against the Bugs continues! A Federation Starship crash-lands on the distant Alien planet OM-1, stranding beloved leader Sky Marshal Anoke and several others, including comely but tough pilot Lola Beck. It's up to Colonel/General Johnny Rico, reluctant hero of the original Bug Invasion on Planet P, to lead a team of Troopers on a daring rescue mission.
Frequency
When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal murders he and his father must find a way to fix the consequences of altering time.
The Devil's General
Curt Jurgens stars as a courageous Luftwaffe officer. Jurgens loves the service, even though he barely tolerates the Hitler regime. Sickened by wartime Nazi atrocities, Jurgens renounces his government, and is imprisoned and tortured as a result. Once released, the general takes pity on a downtrodden Jewish family. This isolated act of kindness is a point in his favor when Jurgens stands before Satan himself for his final judgment. The Devil's General was based on an immensely successful postwar play by German author Carl Zuckmeyer.
Enemy of the State
A hotshot Washington criminal lawyer becomes the target of a rogue security executive videotaped in the act of murdering a congressman when the incriminating tape is surreptitiously slipped into his shopping bag by the videographer, who is fleeing the executive's assassins.
Lord Jim
After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself.
7 Seconds
When an experienced thief accidentally makes off with a Van Gogh, his partner is kidnapped by gangsters in pursuit of the painting, forcing the criminal to hatch a rescue plan.
Volver
Raimunda lives and works in Madrid with her husband Paco and their daughter Paula. Raimunda's sister Sole lives nearby. The two sisters miss their mother Irene who died several years ago in a house fire along with their father. When a former neighbor from their hometown reports that she has seen the ghost of Irene, the daughters do not believe her. After a murder and a family tragedy, however, Irene's spirit materializes around her daughters to comfort them.
The Blue Angel
Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there. Seeing Lola perform, the teacher is filled with lust, eventually resigning his position at the school to marry the young woman. However, his marriage to a coquette -- whose job is to entice men -- proves to be more difficult than Rath imagined.
The Godfather Part II
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
The Killing
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.
Batman Begins
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.
The Edukators
Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.
Casablanca
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
All About Eve
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
Collateral
Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
Love Story
Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, the young couple put their hearts on the line for each other. When they marry, Oliver's wealthy father threatens to disown him. Jenny tries to reconcile the Barrett men, but to no avail.
Steel Chariots
Set in the world of NASCAR racing, a family racing team is in danger of being ripped apart by the rivalry between two brothers tempted by fame, money, and beautiful women.
Get Shorty
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.