Shield of Straw

Shield of Straw (2013)

藁の楯 わらのたて

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.

Date of release
2013-04-25
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (121)
Runtime
2h 5m
Genres
Thriller, Crime, Action, Drama
Director
Takashi Miike

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Shield of Straw

Shield of Straw is a 2013 Japanese spy thriller film directed by Takashi Miike. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and it was released on 26 April 2013.

Production

The filming began on 19 August 2012, and took place in Japan, primarily in Aichi and Mie Prefectures, and Taiwan. After the Shinkansen denied filming onboard its rolling stock, the train scenes were shot at the Taiwan High Speed Rail in September that year, with the support of the Taipei Film Commission.

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