In the film Lady Miyako's role is that of a deranged cultist by the way she chants about
Akira and her followers painting the floor with warnings.
Her comic book character is far more developed as she is a force for good, aiding the
Espers and providing sanctuary in her temple for the people. Kay discovers Lady Miyako
is # 19, another psychic who was at the same lab as the others 30 years ago.

She spends all her time in the temple with psychically trained monks to aid the injured,
and has to ward off attacks from the armed mobs working for Tetsuo who wants revenge
for her intervention in surpressing his power and storing medicine.