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Akira
1988 | Katsuhiro Ôtomo

Akira
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Year
1988
Runtime
2 hour 4 minutes (124 minutes)
Movie Total Grosses
United Kingdom
£1,285,269
North America
$2,228,018
Global
$49,000,000
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Mitsuo Iwata
Nozomu Sasaki
Mami Koyama
Tessho Genda
Hiroshi Otake
Koichi Kitamura
Directors
  1. Katsuhiro Ôtomo
Starring
  1. Mitsuo Iwata
    Kaneda
  2. Nozomu Sasaki
    Tetsuo
  3. Mami Koyama
    Kei
  4. Tessho Genda
    Ryu
  5. Hiroshi Otake
    Nezu
  6. Koichi Kitamura
    Lady Miyako / Committee A
  7. Michihiro Ikemizu
    Inspector / Committee I
  8. Yuriko Fuchizaki
    Kaori
  9. Masaaki Okura
    Yamagata
  10. Taro Arakawa
    Army / Committee G / Eiichi Watanabe
  11. Takeshi Kusao
    Kai
  12. Kazumi Tanaka
    Army
  13. Masayuki Kato
    Engineer Sakiyama / Committe D
  14. Yosuke Akimoto
    Harukiya Bartender
  15. Masato Hirano
    Committee F / Spy / Yuji Takeyama / Terrorist
  16. Yukimasa Kishino
    Assistant / Committee B / Mitsuru Kuwata / Terrorist / Shimazaki
  17. Kazuhiro Kamifuji
    Masaru
  18. Tatsuhiko Nakamura
    Takashi
  19. Fukue Ito
    Kiyoko
  20. Issei Futamata
    Additional Voices
  21. Kozo Shioya
    Miyako Follower
  22. Michitaka Kobayashi
  23. Hideyuki Umezu
    Additional Voices
  24. Satoru Inagaki
    Additional Voices
  25. Kayoko Fujii
    Girl A
  26. Masami Toyoshima
    Girl B
  27. Yuka Ono
    Girl C
  28. Taro Ishida
    Colonel Shikishima
  29. Mizuho Suzuki
    Doctor Onishi
  30. Lewis Arquette
    Doctor Onishi / Council 2 / Senator / Clown / Crowd Skeptic / Resistance 1
  31. Matthew Austin
    Walla
  32. Robert Axelrod
    Shimazaki
  33. William Bassett
    Additoinal Voices
  34. Bob Bergen
    Masaru / Kai / Gang 2 / Sewer Cop 2 / Male Nurse / Arrest Officer / Restaurant Man / Eiichi Watanabe / Inspector
  35. Steve Blum
    Male Nurse / Radio Reporter 3 / Resistance Member 1
  36. Johnny Yong Bosch
    Kaneda
  37. Kevin Brief
    Additional Voices
  38. Emilie de Azevedo Brown
    Female Newscaster 1 / Female Nurse
  39. Bob Buchholz
    Ryu
  40. Wally Burr
    Resistance Member 2 / Stadium Soldier 2 / Radio Reporter / Tank Cannon Operator / Male Newscaster / Scientist 1 / Bridge Soldier 1 / Additional Voices
  41. Paul Carr
    Man on Nezu's Phone
  42. Christopher Carroll
    Takashi Crowd Soldier 3 / Helipad Soldier 2
  43. Cam Clarke
    Kaneda
  44. Lara Cody
    Kay / Restaurant Woman / Lighter Brunette Groupie 1
  45. Dana Craig
    Researcher 2
  46. Dyanne DiRosario
    Groupie 2
  47. Peter Doyle
    Additional Voices
  48. Josil Ferhardt
    Additoinal Voices
  49. Michael Forest
    Colonel's Council Connection
  50. Rebecca Forstadt
    Female Newscaster 2
  51. Sandy Fox
    Kiyoko
  52. Eddie Frierson
    Eiichi Watanabe / Additional Voices
  53. Jessica Gee-George
    Council Connection's Secretary
  54. Barbara Goodson
    Takashi / Kaori / Council 4 / Groupie Orange 2 / Groupie Darker Brunette / Female Anchor
  55. Melora Harte
    Kiyoko
  56. Watney Held
    Additional Voices
  57. Patricia Ja Lee
    Groupie 3
  58. Christopher Joyce
    Additional Voices
  59. William Frederick Knight
    Revolutionary Priest
  60. Steve Kramer
    Roy / Miyako / Army
  61. Lex Lang
    Man on Nezu's Phone
  62. Wendee Lee
    Kei
  63. Mike Lembaw
    Additional Voices
  64. Michael Lindsay
    Yamagata
  65. Dan Lorge
    Councilman 1
  66. Detroit Louie
    Additional Voices
  67. Peter Lurie
    Firing Squad Leader
  68. Cody MacKenzie
    Takashi / Masaru
  69. Mona Marshall
    Additional Voices
  70. Michael McConnohie
    Resistance Member 2
  71. Steve McGowan
    Additional Voices
  72. Matthew Mercer
    Additional Voices
  73. Tony Oliver
    Red Revenging Clown / Drug Customer / Helicopter Soldier 1 / Barriers Announcement / Nurse's Guard 2 / Interrogation Room Cop / Unit 375 Cop / Radio Relayer / Sewer Vehicle Pilot
  74. Jonathan C. Osborne
    Mitsuru Kuwata / Gang Member 3
  75. Julie Phelan
    Lighter Brunette Gang Groupie 2 / Female Nurse / Secretary
  76. Tony Pope
  77. Simon Prescott
    The Doctor
  78. Jamieson Price
    Colonel
  79. Derek Stephen Prince
    Man Leading People to Akira / Man on Vehicle's Radio 1 / Radio Reporter 2
  80. Anthony Pulcini
    Kai
  81. Jan Rabson
    Tetsuo / Yuji Takeyama / Gang 4 / Council 6
  82. Ted Rae
    Additional Voices
  83. Mike Reynolds
    Nezu
  84. Joe Romersa
    Additoinal Voices
  85. Michelle Ruff
    Kaori
  86. Joshua Seth
    Tetsuo
  87. Kevin Seymour
    Revolutionary with Grenade / Crowd Skeptic
  88. Adam Sholder
    Additional Voices
  89. John Snyder
    Bartender
  90. Michael Sorich
    Council 3
  91. Peter Spellos
    Additional Voices
  92. Paul St. Peter
    Takashi Crowd Soldier 2 / Councilman 6 / Man Declaring Akira's Return / Interrogator 2 / Nurse's Guard 1
  93. Steve Staley
    Radio Reporter 1 / Stadium Soldier 2 / Male Newscaster / Arrest Officer / Inspector
  94. Skip Stellrecht
    Gang Member 4
  95. Doug Stone
    Councilman 4
  96. Lisa Tarulli
    Additoinal Voices
  97. Julie Ann Taylor
    Groupie 1
  98. Chloe Thornton
    Additional Voices
  99. Kirk Thornton
    Scientist 1
  100. Ezra Weisz
    Additional Voices
  101. Kurt P. Wimberger
    Additoinal Voices
  102. Bruce Winant
    Additional Voices
  103. Dan Woren
    Bonfire Speaker
  104. Brad Wurst
    Additional Voices
UK Chart Info
US Chart Info
Global Chart Info
Highest Position
3
Highest Position
61
Highest Position
23
Weeks on Top 15
8
Weeks on Top 15
n/a
Weeks on Top 15
n/a
Weeks on Chart
9
Weeks on Chart
1
Weeks on Chart
3
United Kingdom Chart Progress
w/e gross
£439,345
 25th Jan '91
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
w/e gross
£307,542
 1st Feb '91
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5
w/e gross
£159,264
 8th Feb '91
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7
w/e gross
£76,887
 15th Feb '91
 
 
 
 
 
10
w/e gross
£38,444
 22nd Feb '91
15
w/e gross
£25,630
 1st Mar '91
 
14
w/e gross
£201,124
 9th Oct '20
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
w/e gross
£23,760
 16th Oct '20
 
 
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