Movie: Shield of Straw

Top 10 Billed Cast

Nanako Matsushima
松嶋菜々子

Atsuko Shiraiwa

Tatsuya Fujiwara
藤原竜也

Kunihide Kiyomaru

Takao Osawa
大沢たかお

Kazuki Mekari

Tsutomu Yamazaki
山崎努

Ninagawa

Masatô Ibu
伊武雅刀

Kenji Sekiya

Goro Kishitani
岸谷五朗

Takeshi Okumura

Kento Nagayama
永山絢斗

Masaki Kamihashi

Hirotaro Honda
本田博太郎

Ohki

Kazuya Takahashi
高橋和也

Gō Ibuki
伊吹剛

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