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Presented By: Center for Japanese Studies

CJS Icons of Anime Film Series | Akira

1988 | Action/Drama | 124 min | R

Akira Akira
Akira
Due to popular demand, the State Theater has added a second showing: 9:30 pm.

Note: There will be a panel discussion at 6:30pm, before the first screening, with Markus Nornes, Jim Pyke and Misha Mihailova.

In 1988 the Japanese government drops an atomic bomb on Tokyo after ESP experiments on children go awry. In 2019, 31 years after the nuking of the city, Kaneda, a bike gang leader, tries to save his friend Tetsuo from a secret government project. He battles anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader until Tetsuo's supernatural powers suddenly manifest. A final battle is fought in Tokyo Olympiad exposing the experiment's secrets. Presented in Japanese with English subtitles.

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