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Shield of Straw

Original title: 藁の楯 わらのたて

2013 · 2h 5m

Directed by Takashi Miike

6.4

TMDB audience score
121 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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Cast

  • Nanako Matsushima
    Atsuko Shiraiwa

  • Tatsuya Fujiwara
    Kunihide Kiyomaru

  • Takao Osawa
    Kazuki Mekari

  • Tsutomu Yamazaki
    Ninagawa

  • Masatô Ibu
    Kenji Sekiya

  • Goro Kishitani
    Takeshi Okumura

  • Kento Nagayama
    Masaki Kamihashi

  • Hirotaro Honda
    Ohki

  • Kazuya Takahashi

  • Gō Ibuki

  • Takuma Otoo

  • Kenji Nagae

  • Wataru Shihôdô

  • Kazuyoshi Ozawa

  • Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi

  • Yasukaze Motomiya

  • Miho Ninagawa

  • Tarō Suwa
    Taxi Driver