Campus Film Series
Akira
Thursday-Sunday, September 24-27
Davies Theatre | 6pm & 8:30pm
In 2019, 31 years after Tokyo was destroyed by what was believed
to be an atomic bomb, Neo-Tokyo has sprung from the ruins.
Barely under military control, the new city is beset by civil unrest
and motorcycle gangs race through the streets. Tetsuo, a troubled young member of a gang led by the breezy Kaneda, is detained for psychic experiments that begin to regenerate the force that had actually destroyed the city three decades before. Akira is often remembered for its importance in establishing anime as a mature, sophisticated storytelling medium, wrote Sci Fi Wire, which calls this landmark of animation an electrifying science fiction fable...
the epic that taught us anime could be great.
Japan 1988 | 124min | color | subtitled | R | Directed by
Katsuhiro Ôtomo | UAC
For More Information: IMDb - Akira | Trailer
Free Admission Information
Admission to all campus films is free with a valid Blugold ID Card or International Film Society membership card.
Community members interested in attending a Campus Film Series screening must first purchase an International Film Society membership. IFS memberships are available at the Service Center in Davies Center's east lobby and are valid throughout the academic year. Individual IFS memberships are $4 and family IFS memberships are $10.
