Shield of Straw (2013)

Original title

藁の楯 わらのたて

Directed by

Takashi Miike

Genre

thriller film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 04m

Rated

16

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 117 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A team of police officers must transport a child killer across Japan to face trial. A billion yen bounty is placed on the killer's head by the victim's grandfather. The officers struggle to protect their prisoner from a horde of would-be assassins.

tensedarksuspensefulurgentharrowinggrittyrelentlessbleakslow-burn

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• The Devil's Path (2013)
• Arcana (2013)
• Strawberry Night (2013)
• AIBOU: X-DAY (2013)
• Human Trust (2013)
• Unforgiven (2013)
• Night People (2013)
• I Am Ichihashi: Journal of a Murderer (2013)