The Choice of Hercules
When extreme members of Japan's Red Army kidnapped a woman in 1972 in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was tasked with defusing the situation. However, the task was not without its difficulties. When Sassa arrived in hilly Nagano, she faced severe winter temperatures, conflicting opinions between the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and the Nagano Prefectural Police, and public opinion in order to get access to the lodge holding the solitary woman captive.
Released: 2002-05-11