The Choice of Hercules
Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of defusing the situation when radicals from Japan's Red Army kidnapped a woman in the Nagano resort town of Karuizawa in 1972. However, the task was not without its difficulties. When Sassa arrived in mountainous Nagano, she had to battle bitter winter temperatures, differing opinions between the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and the Nagano Prefectural Police, and public opinion in order to gain access to the lodge holding the single woman captive.
Released: 2002-05-11