The Shadow's Edge
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Film / 2002
The Choice of Hercules
Directed by
Masato Harada
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 …
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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.
Cast
Koji YakushoAtsuyuki Sassa
Ryudo UzakiShinichi Udagawa
Masatô IbuChief Constable Noma
Yuki AmamiSachiko Sassa
Kazuyoshi Kushida
Osamu Shigematu
Eisuke SasaiHyodo
Kazuhiro Yamaji
Makoto FujitaCommissioner-General Gotoda
Kosuke Toyohara
Kenichi Yajima
Kenichi Endo
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Shunsuke Matsuoka
Mansaku Ikeuchi
Eugene Harada
Masahiro Komoto
Tetsushi Tanaka
Yutaro Mitsuoka
Hideo Sakaki
Norio Murataホトケのトミさん
Sakae Kimura
Kyoichi Furumoto
Masato Nagamori
Shunsaku Kudo
Kenjirou Ishimaru
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Yukijiro Hotaru
Yoji Tanaka
Hiroshi Ohmori
Meikyo Yamada
Takao Handa
Sanshō Shinsui
Kippei Shiina
Shion MachidaShinako
Ryoko Shinohara
Suzuki Matsuo
Kansai Eto
Shinji Takeda
Kazuma Suzuki
Masako Motai
Akiko Kazami
Kazuya Takahashi
Kanehiro RiItô - Assistant Police Inspector
Meiken Itô
Seisuke Yamazaki
Man Kato
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