MW Live Action Film in Production

MW Live Action Film in Production

The Sponichi Annex newspaper reports that director Hitoshi Iwamoto, director behind popular Japanese TV dramas including Nobuta wo Produce and Queen’s Classroom, is now helming a live action film adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s 1976 suspense/revenge story manga MW (pronounced “Mu”). Singer/Actor Hiroshi Tamaki will star in the leading role. Filming started on April 20. The film is scheduled for Japanese theatrical release next year. Vertical released the MW manga in a single 583 page hardcover edition last October.

Source: Tokyograph

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