Ghost in the Shell
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Kôkaku Kidôtai- Director: Mamoru Oshii
- Writer: Shirow Masamune, Kazunori Itô
- Producer: Makoto Ibuki, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, Ken Iyadomi, Ken Matsumoto, Teruo Miyahara, Yoshimasa Mizuo, Takashi Mogi, Yasushi Sukeof, Shigeru Watanabe, Hiroshi Yamazaki
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Adapted from the manga by Masamune Shirow, this 1995 masterpiece remains a milestone of animated cinema. Ghost in the Shell takes place in 2029, with humanity and technology intertwined to such an extent that people can transfer their consciousness into cybernetic bodies. Cyborg cop Major Motoko Kusanagi leads a special police security unit that is tasked with tracking down ‘ghost hackers’, criminals who can clandestinely tap into the bodies and minds of other people. Imagining a future in which sexual reproduction has given way to mechanical replication, Ghost in the Shell has been acclaimed for its inversion of traditional gender roles and depiction of fluid sexuality. Both a high-octane adventure and a philosophical speculation on what it means to be human, Mamoru Oshii’s film is a visionary piece of action cinema.
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Cast & Characters
Atsuko Tanaka (as Kusanagi Motoko (voice))
Akio Ôtsuka (as Batô (voice))
Kôichi Yamadera (as Togusa (voice))
Yutaka Nakano (as Ishikawa (voice))
Tamio Ôki (as Aramaki (voice))
Tesshô Genda (as Nakamura buchô (voice))
Namaki Masakazu (as Urisu hakase (voice))
Masato Yamanouchi (as Gaimu daijin (voice))
Shinji Ogawa (as Gaikôkan (voice))
Mitsuru Miyamoto (as Daida Mizuho (voice))
Kazuhiro Yamaji (as Seisô kyokuin (voice))
Shigeru Chiba (as Seisô kyokuin (voice))
Hiroshi Yanaka (as Kenshi-kan (voice))
Ginzô Matsuo (as Ossan (voice))
Takashi Matsuyama (as Jikkô-han (voice))
Sanryô Odaka (as Gishi (voice))
Masamichi Satô (as Untenshu (voice))
Atsuko Hayashida (as Operêtâ (voice))
Yûji Ueda (as Tsûshin no koe (voice))
Toshiki Kameyama (as Sogekishu (voice))
Atsushi Goto (as Shiki-kan (voice))
Maaya Sakamoto (as Shôjo (Kusanagi) (voice))
Iemasa Kayumi (as Ningyô tsukai (voice))
Steve Apostolina (as Technician (voice) (as Stephen Platt))
Steve Blum (as Additional Voices (voice) (as Roger Canfield))