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2013

Shield of Straw

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.

Credits

Director

Takashi Miike

Producers

Naoaki Kitajima , Shigeji Maeda , Misako Saka

Writer

Tamio Hayashi

Cinematographer

Nobuyasu Kita

Composer

Koji Endo

Cast

Nanako Matsushima , Tatsuya Fujiwara , Takao Osawa , Tsutomu Yamazaki , Masatô Ibu , Goro Kishitani , Kento Nagayama , Hirotaro Honda , Kazuya Takahashi , Gō Ibuki

Studios

Warner Bros. Japan , jeki , Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation , Nippon Television Network Corporation , Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company , Miyagi Television Broadcasting , Shizuoka Daiichi Television , Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company , Hiroshima Telecasting , Fukuoka Broadcasting System , OLM , Kodansha , Yahoo! Japan

Genres

Crime Thriller

External

IMDb

Posters

5
Shield of Straw (2013) theatrical poster - US
US theatrical
Shield of Straw (2013) international poster - US
US international
Shield of Straw (2013) character poster - US
US character
Shield of Straw (2013) teaser poster - US
US teaser
Shield of Straw (2013) imax poster - JA
JA imax

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