Shield of Straw

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.

Cast

Nanako Matsushima

as Atsuko Shiraiwa

Tatsuya Fujiwara

as Kunihide Kiyomaru

Takao Osawa

as Kazuki Mekari

Tsutomu Yamazaki

as Ninagawa

Masatô Ibu

as Kenji Sekiya

Goro Kishitani

as Takeshi Okumura

Kento Nagayama

as Masaki Kamihashi

Hirotaro Honda

as Ohki

Kazuya Takahashi

Gō Ibuki

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