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Akira
MEANRANK
82/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #95
- IMDb #45
- Google retired #246
- Rotten Tomatoes #110
- Metacritic #116
- Letterboxd #18
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #179
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #76
- Metacritic Critics #171
- Metacritic Audience #41
- Criticker #28
- Douban #66
- Kinopoisk #104
- AlloCiné #80
- Trakt #81
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 66, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 90.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In a sprawling, neon-drenched Neo-Tokyo, a biker gang member accidentally triggers latent psychic powers after a strange encounter. His abilities quickly escalate beyond his control, threatening to consume him and the entire city. His childhood friend races to save him as military forces and underground revolutionaries converge, all seeking to contain the uncontrollable power known as Akira.
Details
- Director
- Katsuhiro Otomo
- Writers
- Izo Hashimoto, Katsuhiro Otomo
- Based on
- Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo
- Studio
- MBS, Sumitomo Corporation, TOHO, Kodansha
- Released
- 16 July 1988
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $5.7M
- Box office
- $56.7M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Annecy Cristal 1989 | a Feature Film | Nominee |
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