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Totsunyûseyo! 'Asama Sansô' jiken ()


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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... See more »

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Atsuyuki Sassa (as Kôji Yakusho)
Ryûdô Uzaki ...
Shinichi Udagawa
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Sachiko Sassa
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Chief Constable Noma
Makoto Fujita ...
Commissioner-General Gotoda
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Meiken Itô
Takashi Kikuchi
Shion Machida ...
Shinako
Kanehiro Ri ...
Itô - Assistant Police Inspector
Eisuke Sasai ...
Hyodo
Osamu Shigematu
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Masato Nakano
Yôji Tanaka ...
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(as Kosuke Toyohara)

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Masato Harada

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Masato Harada ... ()
 
Atsuyuki Sassa ... (book)

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Kazuya Hamana ... co-producer
Masato Hara ... producer
Masato Harada ... producer
Kimio Kataoka ... producer
Takamitsu Kumasaka ... executive producer
Toshio Nabeshima ... co-producer
Masao Satô ... executive producer
Yasushi Shiina ... executive producer
Motoyuki Suzuki ... co-producer
Norihiko Tani ... executive producer

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Yoshitaka Sakamoto

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Sôichi Ueno ... (as Soichi Ueno)

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Kyôko Heya

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Mizuki Ito ... foley artist / sound effects editor
Akihiko Okase ... foley artist
Yun Yakamura ... sound

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Gen Kobayashi ... b camera operator
Shigeto Kunii ... assistant camera

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Masunobu Motokawa ... casting associate

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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. Written by Anonymous

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Also Known As
  • 突入せよ!「あさま山荘」事件 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Face à son destin (France)
  • The Choice of Hercules
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  • 130 min
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