MW (film)

MW is a 2009 Japanese live-action film based on the manga by Osamu Tezuka.

Starring:
 * Hiroshi Tamaki as Michio Yuki

The movie adaptation provides examples of:

 * Creepy Crossdresser: Subverted when Michio only wears the headdress of a nun.
 * Cowboy Cop: Lt. Sawaki
 * Death by Adaptation: Subverted..
 * Distressed Damsel: Brutally subvered when Aiko is collaborating with Michio all this time; therefore, she wasn't kidnapped in the first place. Double subverted when he kills her after her father got his money.
 * Et Tu, Brute?: Unlike in the manga, Garai attempts to betray Michio over to the police.
 * Forced to Watch: Yamashita get into this when Michio ties him up in a tower to make him watch the new of being framed for pilfer 100 million yen into accounts.
 * Hide Your Gays: Done in a very egregious manner.
 * High Altitude Interrogation: Done to Yamashita for the location of the MW.
 * Karma Houdini: Subverted in the end
 * Kill the Cutie: Okazaki's daughter, Aiko.
 * Man in White: Michio, in the beginning of the movie.
 * No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Michio has one with two police officers who want to check his briefcase that has the money.
 * In the manga, Michio never attacks Garai, but in the movie, he does.
 * No One Could Survive That: In the movie,.
 * Playing Against Type: Hiroshi Tamaki, a real Bishonen, plays Michio Yuki in the movie adaptation.
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Sawaki replaces Meguro in the movie.
 * Villain Stole My Bike