“It found a voice... Now it needs a body.”
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.
Mamoru Oshii
Ken Iyadomi
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Ken Matsumoto
Kazunori Ito
Hisao Shirai
Kenji Kawai
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)
Naruki Masahisa
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)
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badelf
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 ...
CinemaSerf
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 crimina...
Ghost in the Shell (1995) Original English Trailer [FHD]
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Ghost in the Shell (1995) Original Trailer [FHD]
Trailer • YouTube
Official IMAX Trailer
Teaser • YouTube
Mark Kermode reviews Ghost in the Shell (1995) | BFI Player
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