Snow Jack (2014)
Original title: 白銀ジャック
A blackmail arrives at Appi ski resort. “We demand 30,000,000 yen as consolation money for the destruction of the environment. If you do not respond to the demand, a time bomb set on the ski slope will be detonated.” If the bomb goes off, it will not only hurt the skiers but trigger an avalanche and cause a major catastrophe. The general manager of the ski pistes, Kurata (Ken Watanabe) pleads for an immediate shutdown of the ski site and reporting to the police, but the president of the ski resort gives priority to business interests and decides to negotiate with the blackmailer. And a negotiation process for a despicable ransom case with a massive hostage of all the skiers at the resort begins.
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Ken WatanabeReiji Kurata
Masaki OkadaShohei Nezu
Hirosue RyokoEru Fujisaki
Kosuke SuzukiYutaka Tatsumi
Ken ShounozakiYusuke Kiribayashi
Akiyoshi NakaoHidenari Masubuchi
Akio KanedaYoshiki Nakagaki
Tetsu WatanabeTadaaki Matsumiya
Ken YasudaYoshiyuki Irie
Sei HiraizumiKozo Hiyoshi
Yoko NogiwaTomoe Hiyoshi
Jun KunimuraJunichiro KakeiMovie DNA
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What is Snow Jack about?
A blackmail arrives at Appi ski resort. “We demand 30,000,000 yen as consolation money for the destruction of the environment. If you do not respond to the demand, a time bomb set on the ski slope will be detonated.” If the bomb goes off, it will not only hurt the skiers but trigger an avalanche and cause a major catastrophe. The general manager of the ski pistes, Kurata (Ken Watanabe) pleads for an immediate shutdown of the ski site and reporting to the police, but the president of the ski resort gives priority to business interests and decides to negotiate with the blackmailer. And a negotiation process for a despicable ransom case with a massive hostage of all the skiers at the resort begins.
How long is Snow Jack?
Snow Jack has a runtime of 130 minutes.