Straw Shield
2013 · Movie · 125 min. · Japan
"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?
Direction Takashi Miike
Cast Takao Osawa · Nanako Matsushima · Tatsuya Fujiwara · Goro Kishitani · Masatô Ibu · Kento Nagayama · Tsutomu Yamazaki · Hirotarô Honda · Kimiko Yo
Soundtrack Kôji Endô
Screenplay Tamio Hayashi · Kazuhiro Kiuchi
Cinematography Nobuyasu Kita
Original title Wara no tate (Straw Shield) (Shield of Straw)
5.1
700 votes (FilmAffinity)
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