Akira

Released Year: 1988

Certificate: UA

Runtime: 124 minutes

Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

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Meta Score: 0

Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo

Stars: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda

No of Votes: 164918

Gross: 553171

Overview: 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 two teenagers and a group of psychics.

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