# Shield of Straw

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***Shield of Straw*** (藁の楯, *Wara no Tate*) is a 2013 Japanese [spy](/source/Spy_film) [thriller film](/source/Thriller_film) directed by [Takashi Miike](/source/Takashi_Miike). It was nominated for the [Palme d'Or](/source/Palme_d'Or) at the [2013 Cannes Film Festival](/source/2013_Cannes_Film_Festival)[2] and it was released on 26 April 2013.[3]

## Synopsis

Ninagawa was a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections. His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru. Three months after the murder of his granddaughter, Ninagawa places a whole page ad in the three major Japanese newspapers. The ad states that if Kiyomaru is killed, Ninagawa will offer ¥1,000,000,000 as a reward. Kunihide Kiyomaru turns himself in at the Fukuoka Prefectural Police station. Five detectives from the [Security Police](/source/Security_Police_(Japan)) (SP) of the [Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department](/source/Tokyo_Metropolitan_Police_Department) travel to [Fukuoka](/source/Fukuoka) to escort Kunihide Kiyomaru back to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The distance between Fukuoka and [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo) is apprixmately 1,200 km.

## Cast

- [Takao Osawa](/source/Takao_Osawa) as Kazuki Mekari
- [Nanako Matsushima](/source/Nanako_Matsushima) as Atsuko Shiraiwa
- [Tatsuya Fujiwara](/source/Tatsuya_Fujiwara) as Kunihide Kiyomaru
- [Masatō Ibu](/source/Masat%C5%8D_Ibu) as Kenji Sekiya
- [Kento Nagayama](/source/Kento_Nagayama) as Masaki Kamihashi
- [Hirotarō Honda](/source/Hirotar%C5%8D_Honda) as Oki
- [Kimiko Yo](/source/Kimiko_Yo) as Chikako Yuri
- [Tsutomu Yamazaki](/source/Tsutomu_Yamazaki) as Ninagawa

## Production

The filming began on 19 August 2012,[4] and took place in Japan, primarily in [Aichi](/source/Aichi_Prefecture) and [Mie Prefectures](/source/Mie_Prefecture), and Taiwan.[5] After the [Shinkansen](/source/Shinkansen) denied filming onboard its rolling stock, the train scenes were shot at the [Taiwan High Speed Rail](/source/Taiwan_High_Speed_Rail) in September that year, with the support of the [Taipei Film Commission](/source/Taipei_Film_Commission).[5]

## Remake

On 24 October 2016, it was announced that [EuropaCorp](/source/EuropaCorp) is planning an English-language remake to be penned by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt and produced by Depth of Field's [Chris Weitz](/source/Chris_Weitz), Andrew Miano and Dan Balgoyen and All Nippon Entertainment Works's [Sandy Climan](/source/Sandy_Climan) and Annmarie Bailey, and Nippon Television's Naoaki Kitajima.[6][7][8]

## References

1. ["Wara no tate (Shield of Straw) Box Office"](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=HK&id=_fWARANOTATESHIEL01). [Box Office Mojo](/source/Box_Office_Mojo). Retrieved 16 October 2019.

1. ["2013 Official Selection"](http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/59652.html). *festival-cannes.fr*. [Cannes Film Festival](/source/Cannes_Film_Festival). 18 April 2013. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160425081356/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/59652.html) 2016-04-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 18 April 2013.

1. Schilling, Mark (2012-08-01). ["Japanese helmer Miike sets up 'Shield'"](https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118057282). *[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))*. Retrieved 2012-08-04.

1. Grace, Kimberly (2012-08-01). ["Miike Casts Jin's Osawa, Ring's Matsushima, Death Note's Fujiwara"](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-08-01/miike-casts-jin-osawa-ring-matsushima-death-note-fujiwara). *[Anime News Network](/source/Anime_News_Network)*. Retrieved 2012-08-04.

1. ["Exclusive Interview with Cast Members of "Shield of Straw""](https://web.archive.org/web/20200708065838/https://www.filmcommission.taipei/en/AboutFilmCommission/InternationalAffairsDet/c88d9cbb-52a4-4f2a-9d42-ff1617ff7c7e). *filmcommission.taipei*. [Taipei Film Commission](/source/Taipei_Film_Commission). 2013-11-14. Archived from [the original](https://www.filmcommission.taipei/en/AboutFilmCommission/InternationalAffairsDet/c88d9cbb-52a4-4f2a-9d42-ff1617ff7c7e) on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-07.

1. N'Duka, Amanda (24 October 2016). ["EuropaCorp Boards English-Language Remake of Japanese Thriller 'Shield of Straw'"](https://deadline.com/2016/10/europacorp-shield-of-straw-remake-movie-english-1201841885/). *[Deadline Hollywood](/source/Deadline_Hollywood)*. Retrieved 21 May 2018.

1. McNary, Dave (24 October 2016). ["'Shield of Straw' Remake in the Works With Backing From Luc Besson, Weitz Brothers"](https://variety.com/2016/film/news/shield-of-straw-remake-luc-besson-1201899029/). *Variety*. Retrieved 21 May 2018.

1. McNary, Dave (2015-08-25). ["'Shield of Straw' English-Language Remake in the Works With Chris Weitz"](https://variety.com/2015/film/news/shield-of-straw-remake-chris-weitz-1201578298/). *Variety*. Retrieved 2017-01-28.

## External links

- [Official website](http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/waranotate/) (in Japanese)
- [Shield of Straw](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2347144/) at IMDb

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