"Straw Shield" Japanese Theatrical Poster
Remember that scene in The Dark Knight where the Joker tries to convince Gotham’s citizens to kill a Wayne Enterprises employee before he can spill Batman’s secret identity? Well, director Takashi Miike has taken a similar premise and spun it into an entire movie. His next project is a slickly-produced action thriller titled Straw Shield, about a police unit who must protect a confessed killer after the relatives of one of his victims puts a bounty on his head.
You can check out the teaser trailer here!
Look for none other than Tatsuya Fujiwara, of Battle Royale and Death Note fame, in the role of the killer. Fujiwara has been stretching his acting chops as of late with movies such as this and I’m Flash!, possibly in an attempt to break out of his ‘pretty boy’ image.
Straw Shield is based on a novel by author Kazuhiro Kiuchi and arrives in Japanese theaters on April 26th, 2013. Thanks to Far East Films for the story.
Update: The full-length trailer is here but, sorry, no English subtitles yet.
Didn’t know Miike could shoot big-budget action scenes.