MW 15 years old

MW

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.

Credits

MW Cast

Name Character
Ayaka Komatsu She was 22, now 38 years old as Aiko Ozaki
Takayuki Yamada He was 25, now 41 years old as Yutaro Garai
Yuriko Ishida She was 39, now 55 years old as Kyoko Makino
Yasufumi Hayashi He was 37, now 53 years old as Seiji Tachibana
Ikuji Nakamura He was 55, now 71 years old as Shunichi Okazaki
Hiroshi Tamaki He was 29, now 44 years old as Michio Yuki
Kazue Tsunogae She was 54, 64 years old when she died as Mrs. Kawamura
Ryo Ishibashi He was 52, now 68 years old as Kazuyuki Sawaki
Shingo Tsurumi He was 44, now 59 years old as Matsuo
Yusuke Yamamoto He was 21, now 36 years old as Mizobata
Rio Yamashita She was 16, now 32 years old as Mika
Toru Kazama He was 46, now 62 years old as Sanda
Tôru Shinagawa as Minister Yasuo Mochizuki

MW Crew

Name Department
Osamu Tezuka as Novel. He was 80 (60) years old when He died Writing
Tetsuya Oishi as Screenplay. He was 29 (now 45) years old Writing
Hitoshi Iwamoto as Director. He was 45 (now 60) years old Directing
Shinzô Matsuhashi as Screenplay. Writing
MW poster
MW (15 years)

  • Release day: Friday, July 03, 2009
  • Runtime: 129 minutes