Ghost in the Shell

1995 83 min ★ 7.9 Action, Animation, Science 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.

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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)

Details

Director

Mamoru Oshii

Screenplay

Kazunori Ito

Tagline

"It found a voice... Now it needs a body."

Status

Released

Original Language

JA

Budget

$3,000,000

Revenue

$10,000,000

Production

Bandai Visual, Production I.G, Kodansha, Manga Entertainment

Reviews

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badelf

March 26, 2023

★ 9/10

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...

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CinemaSerf

February 4, 2024

★ 7/10

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...