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Feature film — 2013

Shield of Straw (2013)

6.42h 5mThriller — Crime — Action — Drama

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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A high-signal pick with 121 votes.

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

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Director: Takashi Miike

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Cast & crew

Nanako Matsushima as Atsuko Shiraiwa

Nanako Matsushima

Atsuko Shiraiwa

Tatsuya Fujiwara as Kunihide Kiyomaru

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Kunihide Kiyomaru

Takao Osawa as Kazuki Mekari

Takao Osawa

Kazuki Mekari

Tsutomu Yamazaki as Ninagawa

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Ninagawa

Masatô Ibu as Kenji Sekiya

Masatô Ibu

Kenji Sekiya

Goro Kishitani as Takeshi Okumura

Goro Kishitani

Takeshi Okumura

Kento Nagayama as Masaki Kamihashi

Kento Nagayama

Masaki Kamihashi

Hirotaro Honda as Ohki

Hirotaro Honda

Ohki

Kazuya Takahashi as

Kazuya Takahashi

Gō Ibuki as

Gō Ibuki

Takuma Otoo as

Takuma Otoo

K

Kenji Nagae

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