Shield of Straw
6.2
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
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Nanako Matsushima
Atsuko Shiraiwa
Known for
Ring
When Marnie Was There
Yuuto Nakano
Mori Kumiko
Tatsuya Fujiwara
Kunihide Kiyomaru
Known for
Battle Royale
Death Note
Takao Osawa
Kazuki Mekari
Known for
Wolf Children
Kingdom: Return of the Great General
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Ninagawa
Known for
Tampopo
Kagemusha
Masatô Ibu
Kenji Sekiya
Known for
Empire of the Sun
NiNoKuni
Goro Kishitani
Takeshi Okumura
Known for
Sky of Love: Someone I love is there
Sanctuary
Kento Nagayama
Masaki Kamihashi
Known for
Sky of Love: Someone I love is there
Love Life
Hirotaro Honda
Ohki
Known for
Kamen Rider
Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe
Kazuya Takahashi
Known for
THE DAYS
Still Walking
Gō Ibuki
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Takashi Miike Director · Tamio Hayashi Screenplay Kazuhiro Kiuchi Author
Worldwide gross $18M · First release April 25, 2013 · Produced in Japan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$17,876,628
Production
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Production
OLM
Production
Warner Bros. Japan
Production
Kodansha
Production
Yahoo! Japan
Production
jeki
Production
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
Production
Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company
Production
Miyagi Television Broadcasting
Production
Shizuoka Daiichi Television
Production
Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company
Production
Hiroshima Telecasting
Production
Fukuoka Broadcasting System
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
藁の楯 わらのたて
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 25, 2013
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
May 20, 2013 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Germany
July 10, 2014 · Theatrical
South Korea
August 29, 2013 · Theatrical
Switzerland
July 6, 2013 · Digital
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