The Choice of Hercules
Movie| Title | 突入せよ! あさま山荘事件 |
| User score | 8 |
| Release date | May 11, 2002 |
| Genre | Drama, Action, Crime |
| Director | Masato Harada |
| Production country | Japan |
| Production companies | Toei Company, Asmik Ace Entertainment |
| Run time | 130 min. |
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.
