Childhood friends Tetsuo and Kaneda are pulled into the post-apocalyptic underworld of Neo-Tokyo and forced to fight for their very survival. Kaneda is a bike gang leader, and Tetsuo is a member of a tough motorcycle crew who becomes involved in a covert government project called Akira. But a bloody battle ensues when Kaneda sets out to save his friend.

CAST: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tessho Genda

DIRECTOR: Katsuhiro Otomo

RUN TIME: 124 min