MW -ムウ-

MW -ムウ- — Plot

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.

• Release date
• July 3, 2009
• Runtime
• 129 min
• Genres
• Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
• Director
• Hitoshi Iwamoto

MW -ムウ- — Cast

Hiroshi Tamaki Michio Yuki Takayuki Yamada Yutaro Garai Rio Yamashita Mika Yusuke Yamamoto Mizobata Toru Kazama Sanda Shingo Tsurumi Matsuo Yasufumi Hayashi Seiji Tachibana Ikuji Nakamura Shunichi Okazaki