Released Date:
2001-07-24
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
124 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
8.1 (92594 Reviews)
Director:
Katsuhiro ètomoKatsuhiro ètomo (screenplay)
Izè Hashimoto (screenplay)
Katsuhiro ètomo (graphic novel)
L. Michael Haller (dialogue)
Heidi Wilbur (dialogue)
Kevin Seymour (dialogue)
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.
Released Date:
2001-07-24
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
124 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
8.1 (93041 Reviews)
Director:
Katsuhiro ètomoKatsuhiro ètomo (screenplay)
Izè Hashimoto (screenplay)
Katsuhiro ètomo (graphic novel)
L. Michael Haller (dialogue)
Heidi Wilbur (dialogue)
Kevin Seymour (dialogue)
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.
Released Date:
2002-09-14
Languages:
Japanese, English
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
87 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
7.9 (12853 Reviews)
Director:
Satoshi KonA movie studio is being torn down. TV interviewer Genya Tachibana has tracked down its most famous star, Chiyoko Fujiwara, who has been a recluse since she left acting some 30 years ago. Tachibana delivers a key to her, and it causes her to reflect on her career; as she's telling the story, Tachibana and his long-suffering cameraman are drawn in. The key was given to her as a teenager by a painter and revolutionary that she helped to escape the police. She becomes an actress because it will make it possible to track him down, and she spends the next several decades acting out that search in various genres and eras.
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