Poster Akira

Title: Akira

Original Title: Akira

Year: 1988

Info

Release Dates

  • UK: September 16 2016
  • United States: October 19 1990

Plot

'Akira' takes us to the year 2019 in Neo-Tokyo, a city built on the ancient Japanese capital destroyed after World War. Japan is a country on the brink of collapse faced in ongoing political crisis. Secretly, a team of scientists has reactivated by order of the army an experiment to find subjects that can control the ultimate weapon: a force called "absolute power". But the inhabitants of Neo-Tokyo have other things to worry about. One is Kaneda, a young gang leader of a gang of bikers. During a fight, his best friend, Tetsuo suffers a freak accident and ends joined some military installations. Scientists discover that there is the possessor of absolute power. But Tetsuo not resign itself to become a guinea pig ... and very soon become the greatest threat the world has ever known.

Cast

Director:

Katsuhiro Otomo Katsuhiro Otomo

Barbara Goodson

Barbara Goodson

Takashi (1989)

Johnny Yong Bosch

Johnny Yong Bosch

Kaneda (2001)

Michael Forest

Michael Forest

Supreme Executive Council A (2001)

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Trivia

Soundtrack from 'Akira'

Requiem

Compuesta por

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Interpretada por

Geinoh Yamashirogumi

Tokyo Shoeshine Boy

Interpretada por

Teruko Akatsuki

Kaneda

Interpretada por

Geinoh Yamashirogumi

Battle Against Clown

Interpretada por

Geinoh Yamashirogumi

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