Akira [videorecording (DVD)]

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Title:

Akira [videorecording (DVD)]

Author:

Ōtomo, Katsuhiro, 1954- film director, screenwriter.

ISBN:

9781421027982

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note (Repeatable):

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988. Special features: Akira sound clip (1988); Music for Akira, director interview; Storyboard collection; The writing on the wall; Original trailers; Original commercials; Restoring Akira; Glossary; U.S. 2013 trailer; trailers.

Abstract:

Clandestine army activities threaten the war-torn city of Neo-Tokyo when a mysterious being with powerful psychic abilities escapes his prison and inadvertently draws a violent motorcycle gang into a heinous web of experimentation. As a result, a biker with a twisted mind embarks on a path of war, seeking revenge against a society that once called him weak.

Subject Term:

Juvenile delinquents -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama.

Motorcycle racing -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama.

Human experimentation in medicine -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama.

Motorcycling accidents -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama.

Research institutes -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama.

Mental illness -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama.

Added Author:

Ōtomo, Katsuhiro, 1954-

Noma, Sawako,

Suzuki, Ryokei,

Katō, Shunzō,