Akira (1988)
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.
- Release Date
- July 16, 1988
- Director
- Katsuhiro Otomo
- Cast
- Mitsuo Iwata , Nozomu Sasaki , Mami Koyama , Taro Ishida , Tesshô Genda , Mizuho Suzuki , Tatsuhiko Nakamura , Fukue Itō , Kazuhiro Shindō
- Runtime
- 124 Minutes
- Writers
- Katsuhiro Otomo , Izô Hashimoto
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