Shield of Straw
| Shield of Straw | |
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| Directed by | Takashi Miike |
| Written by | Tamio Hayashi |
| Based on | Wara no Tate by Kazuhiro Kiuchi |
| Produced by | Naoaki Kitajima Shigeji Maeda Misako Saka |
| Starring | Takao Osawa Nanako Matsushima Tatsuya Fujiwara Tsutomu Yamazaki |
| Cinematography | Nobuyasu Kita |
| Edited by | Kenji Yamashita |
| Music by | Kôji Endô |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures Japan |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | $8.8 million |
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.