SHIELD OF STRAW  - WARA NO TATE

“Kill Kunihide Kiyomaru, and I will pay you 1 billion Yen". This is the ad placed in all the main newspapers in Japan. In placing the ad, the powerful multi-billionnaire Ninagawa puts an irresistible price on the head of the man he believes to be his granddaughter's killer...

Takashi Miike has become synonymous with a unique onscreen experience, regardless of the genre. Born in 1960, Osaka, Japan, Miike attended the Yokohama Vocational School of Broadcast and Film. Highly prolific, Miike is credited with over 80 films since making his directorial debut in the early 90s. Landmark films in Miike’s illustrious career include: Audition, Ichi The Killer, Visitor Q, and the Dead or Alive Yakuza trilogy.