Shield of Straw

Shield of Straw

125 mins | Crime, Thriller | April 25, 2013

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.

Shield of Straw

125 mins | Crime, Thriller | April 25, 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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers OLM, Nippon Television Network Corporation
Original title 藁の楯 わらのたて
Directors Takashi Miike
Writers Kazuhiro Kiuchi, Tamio Hayashi

Cast

Nanako Matsushima

as Atsuko Shiraiwa

Tatsuya Fujiwara

as Kunihide Kiyomaru

Takao Osawa

as Kazuki Mekari

Tsutomu Yamazaki

as Ninagawa

Masatō Ibu

as Kenji Sekiya

Goro Kishitani

as Takeshi Okumura

Kento Nagayama

as Masaki Kamihashi

Hirotaro Honda

as Ohki

Taro Suwa

as Taxi Driver

Katsuya

as