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Akira

Original title: AKIRA

Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.

  • Movie
  • 1988
  • R
  • 2h 4m

Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo

7.9

TMDB audience rating
7.9 out of 10 from 5,104 votes

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Overview

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.

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Play trailer: AKIRA returns in 4K to UK cinemas 17th April

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Cast and crew

  • Mitsuo Iwata

    Mitsuo IwataShotaro Kaneda (voice)

  • Nozomu Sasaki

    Nozomu SasakiTetsuo Shima (voice)

  • Mami Koyama

    Mami KoyamaKei (voice)

  • Taro Ishida

    Taro IshidaColonel Shikishima

  • Mizuho Suzuki

    Mizuho SuzukiDoctor Ônishi

  • Tessyo Genda

    Tessyo GendaRyûsaku (voice)

  • Koichi Kitamura

    Koichi KitamuraPriestess Miyako / Council A (voice)

  • Yuriko Fuchizaki

    Yuriko FuchizakiKaori (voice)

  • Masaaki Okura

    Masaaki OkuraYamagata (voice)

  • Takeshi Kusao

    Takeshi KusaoKai (voice)

  • Kazuhiro KamifujiMasaru / No. 27 (voice)

  • Tatsuhiko NakamuraTakashi / No. 26 (voice)

  • Fukue ItôKiyoko / No. 25 (voice)

  • Hiroshi Otake

    Hiroshi OtakeNezu (voice)

  • Kazumi Tanaka

    Kazumi TanakaArmy (voice)

  • Masato Hirano

    Masato HiranoCommittee F / Spy / Yûji Takeyama / Terrorist (voice)

  • Masayuki Kato

    Masayuki KatoEngineer Sakiyama / Committe D (voice)

  • Michihiro Ikemizu

    Michihiro IkemizuInspector / Committee I (voice)

Director
Katsuhiro Otomo
Writer
Izo Hashimoto and Katsuhiro Otomo
Music
Shoji Yamashiro
Cinematography
Katsuji Misawa