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Summary

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.

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)

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)

Shigeru Chiba

Garbage Collector B (voice)

Hiroshi Yanaka

Coroner (voice)

Ginzo Matsuo

Old Man (voice)

Takashi Matsuyama

Terrorist (voice)

Sanryo Odaka

Technician (voice)

Masamichi Sato

Driver (voice)

Atsuko Hayashida

Operator (voice)

Yuji Ueda

Communication (voice)

Toshiki Kameyama

Sniper (voice)

Atsushi Goto

Commander (voice)

Maaya Sakamoto

Kusanagi Girl (voice)

Crew

Director

Mamoru Oshii

Comic Book

Masamune Shirow

Screenplay

Kazunori Ito

Reviews

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badelf

March 26, 2023

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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. This is the first film to broach the tough question of "what does it mean to be conscious?" in the context of AI (Artificial Intelligence).