

Shield of Straw
2013-04-25 · 125 min · ★ 6.4
Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru. Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never apprehend the suspect in the prior killing.
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Production details
- Directors
- Takashi Miike
- Production companies
- Nippon Television Network Corporation, OLM, Warner Bros. Japan, Kodansha, Yahoo! Japan, jeki, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company, Miyagi Television Broadcasting, Shizuoka Daiichi Television, Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company, Hiroshima Telecasting, Fukuoka Broadcasting System
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 17,876,628
Top Cast
Nanako MatsushimaAtsuko Shiraiwa
Tatsuya FujiwaraKunihide Kiyomaru
Takao OsawaKazuki Mekari
Tsutomu YamazakiNinagawa
Masatô IbuKenji Sekiya
Goro KishitaniTakeshi Okumura
Kento NagayamaMasaki Kamihashi
Hirotaro HondaOhki
Kazuya Takahashi
Gō Ibuki
Takuma Otoo
Wataru Shihôdô
Kazuyoshi Ozawa
Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi
Yasukaze Motomiya
Miho Ninagawa
Tarō SuwaTaxi Driver
Daikichi Sugawara
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