Akira
Schedule
Sun Apr 26 2026 at 08:10 pm to 10:25 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast | Belfast, NI
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Katsuhiro Ôtomo’s landmark cyberpunk epic Akira is exploding back onto cinema screens, in celebration of 35 years, 4K restored.Rebuilt from the ashes of World War III, Neo-Tokyo is a breathtaking, neon-lit metropolis where lawlessness and corruption run rampant. Racing through its streets are Kaneda and Tetsuo, two delinquents and members of a biker gang. When they crash into a secret government plot and Tetsuo is experimented on, the result is an explosive, mesmerising masterpiece of animation that would change cinema forever.
Akira has endured as one of the most influential films ever made, from homages recreating iconic scenes and imagery across pop culture, to the film’s celebrated place as “a vital cornerstone of the cyberpunk genre” (British Film Institute), with renowned film critic Robbie Collin acknowledging “plenty of superb recent blockbusters, including The Matrix, The Dark Knight, Minority Report, Dark City and Inception, are all in its debt”.
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