# Akira (1988)

**Genres:** Sci-Fi, Animation, Action, Drama

**Duration:** 120 min

**Age rating:** FSK 16

**IMDb:** [8.0](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094625/)

**Letterboxd:** [4.3](https://letterboxd.com/film/akira/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 91%, Popcornmeter: 90%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/akira)

## Description

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a teenage biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by his best friend.

## Details


**Director:** Katsuhiro Ôtomo

**Cast:** Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda, Hiroshi Ôtake, Kôichi Kitamura, Michihiro Ikemizu, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Masaaki Ôkura, Tarô Arakawa, Takeshi Kusao, Kazumi Tanaka

**Countries:** Japan

**Languages:** Japanese

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAqv2gi-Cik)

## Showtimes in Cologne

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