Akira
IMDB Rating: 7.80, 25735 votes
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Taglines
- Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.
- The end of the world was only the beginning
Storyline
Kaneda is a bike gang leader whose close friend Tetsuo gets involved in a government secret project known as Akira. On his way to save Tetsuo, 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 ago.
Actors
| Shôtarô Kaneda | Mitsuo Iwata |
| Tetsuo Shima | Nozomu Sasaki |
| Kei | Mami Koyama |
| Ryûsaku | Tesshô Genda |
| Nezu | Hiroshi Ôtake |
| Priestess Miyako, Council A | Kôichi Kitamura |
| Inspector, Council I | Michihiro Ikemizu |
| Kaori | Yuriko Fuchizaki |
| Yamagata | Masaaki Ôkura |
| Eiichi Watanabe, Council G, Army | Tarô Arakawa |
| Kai | Takeshi Kusao |
| Army | Kazumi Tanaka |
| Engineer Sakiyama, Council D | Masayuki Katô |
| Harukiya Bartender | Yôsuke Akimoto |
| Yûji Takeyama, Spy, Council F | Masato Hirano |
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Posted in: 1988, Action, Adventure, Animation, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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