Akira15

Katsuhiro Ohtomo | Japan | 1988 | 2h 5m | Japanese/subs | Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Toyama, Taro Ishida, Mizuho Suzuki, Tetsusho Genda

Neo-Tokyo, 2019. The city is being rebuilt post World War III when two high school dropouts, Kaneda and Tetsuo stumble across a secret government project to develop a new weapon – telekinetic humans. Katsuhiro Otomo’s landmark cyberpunk classic obliterated the boundaries of Japanese animation and forced the world to look into the future.

If you buy a ticket for this screening of Akira as well as Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind (Sat 20 Nov, 15:15) and Paprika (Sat 20 Nov, 21:00) in a single transaction, you will receive a 15% discount on the total cost.

           

Screening as part of Japan 2020: Over 100 years of Japanese Cinema, a UK-wide film season supported by National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network. bfijapan.co.uk

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We showed Akira between November 19, 2021 and November 19, 2021.

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