Ghost in the Shell

    Genre
    Action, Animation, Mystery
  • |
    • Runtime
    83 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    TV-MA
  • |
    • Release Date
    1996
  • |
    • Countries
    Japan
  • |
    • Languages
    Japanese
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Mamoru Oshii
WRITTEN BY:
Shirow Masamune (based on the manga by), Kazunori Itô
CAST INCLUDES:
Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ôtsuka, Yutaka Nakano, Tamio Ôki

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

One of the greatest anime films of all time and rated an impeccable 96% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, Mamoru Oshii's GHOST IN THE SHELL centers on a cyborg policewoman and her partner, as they hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master. Daily Telegraph raves, "This is a work of profound and melancholic beauty; every bit as essential in the 21st century as it was in the 20th."

SYNOPSIS

In this Japanese animation, cyborg federal agent Maj. Motoko Kusanagi (Mimi Woods) trails “The Puppet Master” (Abe Lasser), who illegally hacks into the computerized minds of cyborg-human hybrids. Her pursuit of a man who can modify the identity of strangers leaves Motoko pondering her own makeup and what life might be like if she had more human traits. With her partner (Richard George), she corners the hacker, but her curiosity about her identity sends the case in an unforeseen direction.

Ghost in the Shell

    Genre
    Action, Animation, Mystery
  • |
    • Runtime
    83 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    TV-MA
  • |
    • Release Date
    1996
  • |
    • Countries
    Japan
  • |
    • Languages
    Japanese
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Mamoru Oshii
WRITTEN BY
Shirow Masamune (based on the manga by), Kazunori Itô
CAST INCLUDES
Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ôtsuka, Yutaka Nakano, Tamio Ôki
One of the greatest anime films of all time and rated an impeccable 96% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, Mamoru Oshii's GHOST IN THE SHELL centers on a cyborg policewoman and her partner, as they hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master. Daily Telegraph raves, "This is a work of profound and melancholic beauty; every bit as essential in the 21st century as it was in the 20th."

In this Japanese animation, cyborg federal agent Maj. Motoko Kusanagi (Mimi Woods) trails “The Puppet Master” (Abe Lasser), who illegally hacks into the computerized minds of cyborg-human hybrids. Her pursuit of a man who can modify the identity of strangers leaves Motoko pondering her own makeup and what life might be like if she had more human traits. With her partner (Richard George), she corners the hacker, but her curiosity about her identity sends the case in an unforeseen direction.

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