Ghost in the Shell
1995 · Movie · 1h 23m · NR
ActionAnimationScience Fiction
"It found a voice... Now it needs a body."
Overview
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.
Ratings
IMDb
7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
Metacritic
76/100
Key crew
- Mamoru OshiiDirector
- Kazunori ItoScreenplay
- Kenji KawaiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Atsuko TanakaMotoko Kusanagi (voice)
- Akio OtsukaBatou (voice)
- Iemasa KayumiPuppetmaster (voice)
- Koichi YamaderaTogusa (voice)
- Yutaka NakanoIshikawa (voice)
- Tamio OhkiAramaki (voice)
- Tessyo GendaDirector Nakamura (voice)
- Masakazu NamakiDr. Willis (voice)
- Masato YamanouchiMinister of Foreign Affairs (voice)
- Shinji OgawaGaikôkan (voice)
- Mitsuru MiyamotoMizuho Daita (voice)
- Kazuhiro YamajiGarbage Collector A (voice)
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Themes
androidman vs machineartificial intelligence (a.i.)computer viruscyborgdystopiaimplantatfugitivefemale protagonistcyberpunktranshumanismbased on manga