Ghost in the Shell
GHOST IN THE SHELL
"It found a voice... Now it needs a body."
ActionAnimationScience Fiction
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.
🎬 DirectorMamoru Oshii
📅 Release1995-11-18
🌍 CountryJapan, United Kingdom
🗣 LanguageJapanese
🏢 StudioBandai Visual, Production I.G, Kodansha
🗳 Votes3,818
🔥 Popularity10
💰 Budget$3,000,000
💵 Revenue$10,000,000
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🎭 Cast
Atsuko Tanaka
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
Akio Otsuka
Batou (voice)
Iemasa Kayumi
Puppetmaster (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
Togusa (voice)
Yutaka Nakano
Ishikawa (voice)
Tamio Ohki
Aramaki (voice)
Tessyo Genda
Director Nakamura (voice)
Masakazu Namaki
Dr. Willis (voice)
Masato Yamanouchi
Minister of Foreign Affairs (voice)
Shinji Ogawa
Gaikôkan (voice)
Mitsuru Miyamoto
Mizuho Daita (voice)
Kazuhiro Yamaji
Garbage Collector A (voice)
Shigeru Chiba
Garbage Collector B (voice)
Hiroshi Yanaka
Coroner (voice)
Ginzo Matsuo
Old Man (voice)
🎥 Crew
Key Animation
Mitsuo Iso
Director of Photography
Hisao Shirai
Director
Mamoru Oshii
Screenplay
Kazunori Ito
Producer
Ken Iyadomi
Editor
Shuichi Kakesu
Producer
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Key Animation
Hisashi Eguchi
Key Animation
Kouji Komurakata
Key Animation
Masahiro Ando
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🏷 Keywords
androidman vs machineartificial intelligence (a.i.)computer viruscyborgdystopiaimplantatfugitivefemale protagonistcyberpunktranshumanismbased on manga
💬 Reviews
In the 1990s, Ray Kurzweil wrote about his "Singularity" theory - the future when man and computer are wholly merged. His predictions of AI are perhaps only now coming to fruit. This 1995 movie is the original Ghost In The Shell, which I finally watched. Mamoru Oshii's masterpiece, based on a manga by Shirow Masamune, is not only consistent with Singularity theory, but also remarkably prescient. T…
It's a society where humanity has been largely subsumed into a digital world; where cyborgs are a norm and where people are now, essentially, dependant on their own technology for just about all aspects of their survival. In this virtual environment, the "Puppet Master" is the kingpin of the criminal world. It knows that by accessing the minds of those connected to the internet, it can obtain lots…
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