Akira

(1988)

★ 7.9 IMDb · 4,973 votes

Genres: Animation, Sci-Fi, Action

Year: 1988

Runtime: 124 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Кацухиро Отомо

Cast: Мицуо Ивата, Нодзому Сасаки, Мами Кояма, Таро Исида, Мидзухо Судзуки, Тэссё Гэнда, Коичи Китамура, Юрико Фучидзаки, Масааки Окура, Такэши Кусао

Plot

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.

2019. Thirty one years after being destroyed during World War III, Tokyo (now 'Neo-Tokyo') has been rebuilt and is a thriving metropolis. Shotaro Kaneda is the leader of a biker gang. His friend Tetsuo Shima is injured in an accident and taken to a top-secret government facility. He develops telekinetic powers but decides to use them for evil rather than good. He has the same powers as Akira, the force that destroyed Tokyo in 1988, and now it appears that history will repeat itself.