MW (film)

MW is a 2009 Japanese live-action film based on the manga by Osamu Tezuka, starring Hiroshi Tamaki as Michio Yuki.

Tropes used in MW (film) include:

• Creepy Crossdresser: Subverted when Michio only wears the headdress of a nun.
• Cowboy Cop: Lt. Sawaki
• Death by Adaptation: Subverted. Michio is presumed killed in the explosion of his jet, but in the end, he turns out to be alive.
• Damsel in Distress: 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. He even joined with Sawaki in the end.
• 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 the last politician thought he'll get away, but with Michio's return, he won't.
• 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, Michio is "killed" in an explosion of his jet, but is revealed to have survived in the end.
• 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