Shield of Straw

Shield of Straw

2013•2h 5m•6.4/10

ThrillerCrime

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.4/10(115)

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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Production

Nippon Television Network Corporation, OLM, Warner Bros. Japan, Kodansha, Yahoo! Japan, jeki, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company, Miyagi Television Broadcasting, Shizuoka Daiichi Television, Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company, Hiroshima Telecasting, Fukuoka Broadcasting System

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Cast

Nanako Matsushima

Nanako Matsushima

Atsuko Shiraiwa

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Kunihide Kiyomaru

Takao Osawa

Takao Osawa

Kazuki Mekari

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Ninagawa

Masatô Ibu

Masatô Ibu

Kenji Sekiya

Goro Kishitani

Goro Kishitani

Takeshi Okumura

Kento Nagayama

Kento Nagayama

Masaki Kamihashi

Hirotaro Honda

Hirotaro Honda

Ohki

Kazuya Takahashi

Kazuya Takahashi

Gō Ibuki

Gō Ibuki

Takuma Otoo

Takuma Otoo

Kenji Nagae

Wataru Shihôdô

Wataru Shihôdô

Kazuyoshi Ozawa

Kazuyoshi Ozawa

Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi

Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi

Yasukaze Motomiya

Yasukaze Motomiya

Miho Ninagawa

Miho Ninagawa

Tarō Suwa

Tarō Suwa

Taxi Driver

Daikichi Sugawara

Daikichi Sugawara

Masahiko Sakata

Masahiko Sakata

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