JAPAN · 1988

Akira

Katsuhiro Otomo
psychic powers military corruption urban decay teenage rebellion loss of control government experimentation
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Synopsis

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.

Year1988
CountryJapan
DirectorKatsuhiro Otomo
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