Akira (4K Restored Version) (MOViE MOViE anifest 2023)

One of the greatest animated films of all time and a landmark of Japanese cinema, Katsuhiro Otomo's visually stunning classic left such an indelible mark on cinema that it is still referenced in pop culture and contemporary films such as Jordan Peele’s NOPE, even 35 years after its debut.
It is the year 2019 in Neo-Tokyo, a metropolis flushed with violent motorcycle gangs and anti-government revolutionaries. Amidst the chaos stands Kaneda, a vigilante destined to stop his friend Tetsuo from unleashing the same forces that decimated the old Tokyo in 1988. Yet, history seems doomed to repeat itself…

26.8 (Sat) 2:00pm | MMCP
Screening with: Let's Party Till the End (7 mins)
Micah (critic, founder of The Kongner & Happy Kongner) and Karson She (Director of Let's Party Till the End) will attend the post-screening sharing session