Shield of Straw

Police escort an accused killer with a ¥1 billion price tag on his head through an army of eager bounty hunters in this thriller from prolific director Takashi Miike. Ninagawa is a multi-billionaire who believes that his granddaughter was killed by Kunihide Kiyomaru (Tatsuya Fujiwara). Hungering for revenge, Ninagawa places an ad in all the major Japanese newspapers offering ¥1 billion to the person who kills Kiyomaru. Terrified, Kiyomaru quickly turns himself in to the Fukuoka Police. Later, as four cops risk their lives transporting Kiyomaru back to Tokyo, no one can be quite sure where the next bullet will come from.