MW

2h 9min

Drama

Science Fiction

Thriller

A live-action adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s mature manga masterpiece MW (pronounced “moo,” like a cow), created to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Tezuka. When a top secret chemical compound called MW infects an island near Okinawa, the military is sent in to kill all the victims and cover up the incident. A survivor named Michio Yuki (Hiroshi Tamaki) grows up to become a highly-successful banker, but he is slowly being driven mad by the effects of MW. After committing a series of ruthless crimes to get revenge against the people responsible for the cover-up, he decides that the only way to truly get revenge is to unleash MW on the world and exterminate the entire human race. Takayuki Yamada stars as Father Garai, a priest desperately trying to save Michios soul—and possibly his own in the process—but not necessarily doing much to stop the crime spree.

Cast

Hiroshi Tamaki

Hiroshi Tamaki

Michio Yuki
Takayuki Yamada

Takayuki Yamada

Yutaro Garai
Yasufumi Hayashi

Yasufumi Hayashi

Seiji Tachibana
Ikuji Nakamura

Ikuji Nakamura

Shunichi Okazaki
Ayaka Komatsu

Ayaka Komatsu

Aiko Ozaki
Yuriko Ishida

Yuriko Ishida

Kyoko Makino
Ryo Ishibashi

Ryo Ishibashi

Kazuyuki Sawaki
Tōru Shinagawa

Tōru Shinagawa

Minister Yasuo Mochizuki
Kazue Tsunogae

Kazue Tsunogae

Mrs. Kawamura

Release date

3rd Jul 2009

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語