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MOVIE · 1988

Akira

Japanese original · 124 min

★ 7.9 TMDB · 4,979 votes

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.

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Original title
AKIRA
Release date
1988-06-10
Genres
Animation, Science Fiction, Action
Production countries
Japan

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