- HD 1080
- Runtime: 130m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ja
- Country: Japan
- Director: Masato Harada
- Stars: Koji Yakusho, Ryudo Uzaki, Masatô Ibu, Yûki Amami, Kazuyoshi Kushida
- Production_studio: Toei Company, Asmik Ace Entertainment
- The The Choice of Hercules is featured in the top rankings of 2002
- #4 in Top Drama Movies of 2002
- #2 in Top Action Movies of 2002
- #2 in Top Crime Movies of 2002
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.