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Shield of Straw(Movie, 2013)

Original title: "藁の楯 わらのたて" (Japanese/JA)
2h 5min | Genres: Thriller, Crime
Shield of StrawRating: 3.2/5 (with 4646 votes)
Shield of Straw (Japanese: 藁の楯, Hepburn: Wara no Tate) 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. ()
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About 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.

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Trailer (Trailer) | WARA NO TATE - Die Gejagten - offizieller Trailer #1 deutsch | Ab 10.07. im Kino (Trailer, DE) | Ƙ?画『藁の楯　わらのたて』カンヌ60秒スポット【HD】　2013年4月26日公開 (Teaser, JA) | Ƙ?画『藁の楯　わらのたて』予告編2【HD】　2013年4月26日公開 (Trailer, JA) | Ƙ?画『藁の楯　わらのたて』予告編【HD】　2013年4月26日公開 (Trailer, JA) | Ƙ?画『藁の楯 わらのたて』予告篇 (Trailer, JA) | Ƙ?画『藁の楯　わらのたて』TVCM 「10億がもらえる」編　4月26日公開 (Teaser, JA)

Additional Information

Production country: Japan
Plays in: Asia
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)
Translated into 15 languages: Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 04/25/2013
Director: Takashi Miike
Screenwriter: Kazuhiro Kiuchi
Executive Producer: Seiji Okuda, Hiroyoshi Koiwai
Film Editor: Kenji Yamashita
Director of Photography: Kita Nobuyasu
Composer: Kōji Endō
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"藁の楯"
"Wara no tate"
"Straw Shield"
Revenue: 17,876,628 USD

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