Quick Facts
DirectorTakashi Miike
Runtime2h 5m · 16
GenresAction · Crime · Drama · Thriller
Release2013-04-25
Film
Shield of Straw
2013· 16· 2h 5m· Action· Crime· Drama· Thriller
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.
2013-04-25
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Key Crew
DirectorTakashi Miike
ScreenplayTamio Hayashi
ProducerMisako Saka
Director of PhotographyNobuyasu Kita
Original Music ComposerKoji Endo
EditorKenji Yamashita
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 22 crew)
Details
Released2013-04-25
Runtime2h 5m · 16
StatusReleased
StudiosNippon Television Network Corporation · OLM · Warner Bros. Japan
Box office$18M
LanguagesJapanese
CountriesJapan
Rating6.3/10 · 117 votes
Original languageja
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