WARA NO TATE

(SHIELD OF STRAW)

Takashi MIIKE

2013
In Competition
Feature Films

“Kill Kunihide Kiyomaru, and I will pay you 1 billion Yen”. This is the ad placed in all the main newspapers in Japan. In placing the ad, the powerful multi-billionnaire Ninagawa puts an irresistible price on the head of the man he believes to be his granddaughter’s killer. Realising he has become a target for millions of people, Kiyomaru turns himself in at the Fukuoka Police Station. Four officers are dispatched to bring Kiyomaru back to Tokyo, risking their own life, but now any number of assassins lie in wait on the 1.200km journey. The trip becomes a hellish chase, with potential killers at every turn. Will the police get Kiyomaru to Tokyo to face justice, or will justice of a different nature prevail?

Directed by : Takashi MIIKE
Year of production: 2013
Country: Japan
Durée : 125 minutes

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Credits

Takashi MIIKE Director
Tamio HAYASHI Screenplay
Nobuyasu KITA Cinematography
Koji ENDO Music
Kenji YAMASHITA Editing
Jun NAKAMURA Sound

Casting

Takao OSAWA Kazuki Mekari
Nanako MATSUSHIMA Atsuko Shiraiwa
Tatsuya FUJIWARA Kunihide Kiyomaru

Images

SHIELD OF STRAW

Takashi MIIKE

SHIELD OF STRAW

Contacts

Production

NIPPON TELEVISION NETWORK CORPORATION
1-6-1 Higashi Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-744
105-7444
TOKYO Japan
T: 81 3028[email protected]http://www.ntv.co.jp/english/pc/films/index.html