Ballina Arts Centre for this month’s Cine Club screening, are featuring a special selection from this year’s Japanese Film Festival, Akira (アキラ). This marks our second year collaborating with the festival, and we’re delighted to present the film in partnership with Access Cinema Ireland. Don’t miss this chance to experience acclaimed Japanese cinema on the big screen.
Dir: Katsuhiro Otomo│Voice cast: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tessho Genda│124 mins, 1988│Cert: 15A
Katsuhiro Otomo’s cyberpunk classic Akira makes its welcome return to the big screen. In a dystopian neo-Tokyo, Kaneda and Tetsuo are members of a vigilante biker gang. When his best friend Tetsuo is captured by the authorities after an accident, they discover he has powerful telekinetic abilities. As Tetsuo struggles with his newfound abilities, he uncovers the dark secrets of Akira-the subject of previous catastrophic experiments by the government. As Tetsuo’s powers spiral out of control, Kaneda must save his best friend to prevent a new cataclysm.
A landmark in anime and grown-up animation, Akira has lost none of its power and spectacle in the nearly 40 years since its original release. JFF is delighted to present these special screenings of this audience favourite as part of this year’s festival.
Based on the graphic novel “AKIRA” by Katsuhiro Otomo. First published by “Young Magazine”, Kodansha Ltd. ©1988 MASH ・ ROOM/ AKIRA COMMITTEE All Rights Reserved