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Shield of Straw

Fight

Info 15 ne  D-Cinema / color /
Director MIIKE Takashi
Country Japan
Release 2013
Running
  Time		 117 Min
Category Feature/Fiction
Premiere Korean Premiere
Cast
Star
  3.25
Code Theater Time
341 Lotte Cinema Bucheon 1 07/21  15:30
706 Korea Manhwa Museum 07/25  20:00

Synopsis

‘Kill Kunihide Kiyomaru, and I will pay you 1 billion Yen’. This is the ad placed in all the main newspapers in Japan. 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 him back to Tokyo. Will the police get Kiyomaru to Tokyo to face justice, or will justice of a different nature prevail?
 

Director

Director : MIIKE Takashi

After studying under Imamura Shohei, he has directed many productions of various genres. 13 Assassins(2010) was in the competition of the Venice. Death of a Samurai(2011) and Shield of Straw(2013) were in the competition of the Cannes. He is one of the most promising directors of our time.

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