Akira (1988)

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Written by Katsuhiro Ôtomo, Izô Hashimoto

Directed by Katsuhiro Ôtomo

Running Time: 100 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1988

Rating: 15 Certificate

Production Country: Japan

Filmed in Colour

This influential anime movie involves secret government experiments on children with ESP (known as Akira) going awry.

The plot follows Kaneda, whose close friend Tetsuo becomes involved in the government secret Akira project.

On his way to save his friend, Kaneda runs into a group of anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader.

The confrontation sparks off Tetsuo's supernatural power leading to bloody death, a coup attempt and the final battle in Tokyo Olympiad where Akira's secrets were buried 30 years previously.

Cast

Mitsuo IwataShôtarô Kaneda
Nozomu SasakiTetsuo Shima
Mami KoyamaKei
Tesshô GendaRyûsaku
Hiroshi ÔtakeNezu
Kôichi KitamuraPriestess Miyako / Council A
Michihiro IkemizuInspector / Council I
Yuriko FuchizakiKaori
Masaaki ÔkuraYamagata
Tarô ArakawaEiichi Watanabe / Council G / Army
Takeshi KusaoKai
Kazumi TanakaArmy
Masayuki KatôEngineer Sakiyama / Council D
Masato HiranoYûji Takeyama / Spy / Council F
Yôsuke AkimotoHarukiya Bartender

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