---
title: 'Akira (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Katsuhiro Otomo'
released: '1988-07-16'
runtime_minutes: 124
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/akira-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094625/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Akira (1988)

1988 · R · 124 min · Action, Science Fiction · Japan

Original title: アキラ

## Synopsis

Akira is a 1988 Japanese animated cyberpunk action film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Ryōhei Suzuki and Shunzō Katō, and written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo's 1982 manga Akira. Set in a dystopian 2019, it tells the story of Shōtarō Kaneda, the leader of a biker gang whose childhood friend, Tetsuo Shima, acquires powerful telekinetic abilities after colliding with a child esper in a motorcycle accident, eventually threatening an entire military complex in the sprawling futuristic metropolis of Neo-Tokyo.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Katsuhiro Otomo](https://cinepixo.com/people/katsuhiro-otomo)
- **Screenplay:** [Katsuhiro Otomo](https://cinepixo.com/people/katsuhiro-otomo), [Izō Hashimoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/izo-hashimoto)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Tsutomu Ōhashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/tsutomu-ohashi)
- **Producer:** [Shunzō Katō](https://cinepixo.com/people/shunzo-kato)
- **Editor:** [Takeshi Seyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-seyama)

## Cast

- [Takeshi Kusao](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-kusao)
- [Mizuho Suzuki](https://cinepixo.com/people/mizuho-suzuki)
- [Yukimasa Kishino](https://cinepixo.com/people/yukimasa-kishino)
- [Masato Hirano](https://cinepixo.com/people/masato-hirano)
- [Kōichi Kitamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/koichi-kitamura)
- [Nozomu Sasaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/nozomu-sasaki) as Tetsuo Shima
- [Tesshō Genda](https://cinepixo.com/people/tessho-genda)
- [Tarō Ishida](https://cinepixo.com/people/taro-ishida) as Colonel Shikishima
- [Masaaki Ōkura](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaaki-okura)
- [Mitsuo Iwata](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitsuo-iwata) as Shōtarō Kaneda
- [Mami Koyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/mami-koyama)
- [Hiroshi Ōtake](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroshi-otake)
- [Kazumi Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazumi-tanaka)
- [Yōsuke Akimoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/yosuke-akimoto)
- [Michihiro Ikemizu](https://cinepixo.com/people/michihiro-ikemizu)

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Official site: http://www.bandaivisual.co.jp/akira/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/akira-1988
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1905968); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.