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Ghost in the Shell ()

Kôkaku kidôtai (original title)
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A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.

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Kusanagi Motoko (voice)
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Batô (voice)
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Togusa (voice)
Yutaka Nakano ...
Ishikawa (voice)
Tamio Ôki ...
Aramaki (voice)
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Nakamura buchô (voice)
Namaki Masakazu ...
Urisu hakase (voice)
Masato Yamanouchi ...
Gaimu daijin (voice)
Shinji Ogawa ...
Gaikôkan (voice)
Mitsuru Miyamoto ...
Daida Mizuho (voice)
Kazuhiro Yamaji ...
Seisô kyokuin (voice)
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Seisô kyokuin (voice)
Hiroshi Yanaka ...
Kenshi-kan (voice)
Ginzô Matsuo ...
Ossan (voice)
Takashi Matsuyama ...
Jikkô-han (voice)
Sanryô Odaka ...
Gishi (voice)
Masamichi Satô ...
Untenshu (voice)
Atsuko Hayashida ...
Operêtâ (voice)
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Tsûshin no koe (voice)
Toshiki Kameyama ...
Sogekishu (voice)
Atsushi Goto ...
Shiki-kan (voice)
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Shôjo (Kusanagi) (voice)
Iemasa Kayumi ...
Ningyô tsukai (voice)
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Technician (voice) (as Stephen Platt)
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Additional Voices (voice) (as Roger Canfield)
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Section 9 Staff Cyberneticist / Coroner (voice)
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Mizuho Daita / Sniper Team (voice) (as Steve Davis)
Gina Connell ...
Additional Voices (voice)
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Operator (voice) (as Dorothy Gabriel)
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Batou (voice) (as Richard George)
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Old Man (voice) (as George Celik)
Leo Gray ...
Additional Voices (voice)
Meg Hamilton ...
Additional Voices (voice)
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Additional Voices (voice) (as Murray Williams)
Christopher Joyce ...
Togusa (voice)
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Section 9 Department Chief Aramaki (voice) (as William Frederick)
Joan Mason ...
Additional Voices (voice)
Gilbert Navarro ...
Additional Voices (voice)
Wanda Nowicki ...
Additional Voices (voice) (as Toni Burke)
Gloria Oldman ...
Additional Voices (voice)
Ben Parks ...
Additional Voices (voice)
Scott Prensor ...
Additional Voices (voice)
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Section 6 Department Chief Nakamura (voice) (as Ben Isaacson)
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Additional Voices (voice) (as S.J. Charvin)
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Crass Truck Driver (voice) (as Joe Michaels)
Donald Salin ...
Additional Voices (voice)
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Security Voice (voice)
Kevin Seymour ...
Garbage Collector A (voice) (as Tom Carlton)
Sam Sheffer ...
Additional Voices (voice)
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Ishikawa (voice) (as Mike Sorich)
Peter Spellos ...
Bad Guy in Getaway Car (voice) (as David Conrad)
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Garbage Collector B (voice)
Phil Williams ...
Dr. Willis (voice) (as Phil Williams)
Amy Wong ...
Additional Voices (voice) (as Amy Wong)
Mimi Woods ...
Major Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
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Puppet Master (voice) (as Abe Lasser)

Directed by

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Mizuho Nishikubo
Mamoru Oshii

Written by

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Shirow Masamune ... (based on the manga by) (as Masamune Shirow)
 
Kazunori Itô ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Andy Frain ... executive producer
Makoto Ibuki ... associate producer
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa ... producer
Ken Iyadomi ... producer
Ken Matsumoto ... producer
Teruo Miyahara ... executive producer
Yoshimasa Mizuo ... producer
Takashi Mogi ... executive producer
Yasushi Sukeof ... associate producer
Shigeru Watanabe ... executive producer
Hiroshi Yamazaki ... associate producer

Music by

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Kenji Kawai

Cinematography by

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Hisao Shirai ... director of photography

Editing by

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Shûichi Kakesu

Editorial Department

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Hiroaki Hirabayashi ... color timer
Takeshi Imai ... assistant editor
Shigeyuki Yamamori ... assistant editor
Yayoi Ôtake ... assistant editor

Production Design by

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Takashi Watabe

Art Direction by

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Hiromasa Ogura

Production Management

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Ryûji Mitsumoto ... production manager (as Ryuji Mitsumoto)

Art Department

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Tomomi Andô ... ink and paint: Studio Targe
Yumi Andô ... ink and paint: M.I.
Harumi Aoki ... ink and paint: Studio Targe
Yûko Hara ... ink and paint: M.I.
Katsue Inoue ... ink and paint: Production I.G.
Yayoi Ishikawa ... ink and paint: Production I.G.
Reiko Katô ... ink and paint: Production I.G. (as Reiko Kato)
Makiko Kojima ... ink and paint: Production I.G.
Kikumi Mitsuyama ... ink and paint: Studio Targe
Akane Nakano ... ink and paint: Studio Targe
Yoshiko Oshino ... ink and paint: Studio Targe
Chizue Saitô ... ink and paint: M.I.
Kozue Sato ... ink and paint: Production I.G.
Satomi Sawai ... ink and paint: Studio Targe
Mizuho Senda ... ink and paint: Studio Targe
Tomohiro Shida ... ink and paint: Studio Targe
Yasuko Suenaga ... ink and paint: M.I.
Rie Suganuma ... ink and paint: Studio Targe
Eri Suzuki ... ink and paint: AIC
Haruko Tadenuma ... ink and paint: AIC
Kinuko Tawara ... ink and paint: AIC
Hiromi Uchibayashi ... ink and paint: Production I.G.
Norio Wada ... ink and paint: Production I.G.
Yôko Watanabe ... ink and paint: Production I.G.
Michiko Yamada ... ink and paint: Studio Moy
Maiko Yamazaki ... ink and paint: Production I.G.
Akiko Ôba ... ink and paint: Production I.G. (as Akiko Ohba)
Yukie Ôkubo ... ink and paint: Studio Targe
Terumi Ôsaki ... ink and paint: Studio Targe

Sound Department

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Masahiro Fukuhara ... assistant re-recording mixer
Shuji Inoue ... sound recording engineer
Mikio Mori ... dolby sound consultant: Continental Far East
Keiichirô Morimoto ... assistant re-recording mixer
Hironori Ono ... sound effects assistant
Joe Romersa ... adr recordist
Kazutoshi Satô ... sound effects editor
Hajime Takagi ... assistant re-recording mixer
Kazuhiro Wakabayashi ... sound director
Akiyoshi Yoda ... sound associate
Masatoshi Yokomizo ... sound associate

Special Effects by

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Toshio Hasegawa ... special effects: Marix
Yutaka Hoshiba ... special effects: Marix
Riku Murakami ... special effects
Noriyuki Ôta ... special effects: Marix

Visual Effects by

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Tetsuo Kaneko ... opticals
Masao Shibata ... opticals

Camera and Electrical Department

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Kôichi Furusawa ... camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Naohisa Haijima ... camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Haruhiko Higami ... still photographer: concept photos
Toshikazu Hisano ... camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Motoaki Ikegami ... camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Shinji Ikegami ... camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Yôichi Kuroda ... camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Katsunori Maehara ... camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Hiroshi Noguchi ... camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Yûichi Ono ... camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Natsuki Orihara ... camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Takashi Shimada ... camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Noriko Suzuki ... camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Junji Yaitabashi ... camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Shôji Yazawa ... camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Tetsuo Ôfuji ... camera operator: Studio Cosmos

Animation Department

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Akihiko Adachi ... inbetween artist: Group Donguri
Ikuko Akiyoshi ... inbetween artist: Daume
Masahiro Andô ... animator
Kôichi Arai ... animator (as Koichi Arai)
Masahiko Arai ... inbetween artist: OH Production
Masatsugu Arakawa ... animator (as Shinji Arakawa)
Miho Asatani ... inbetween artist: Production IG
Hisashi Eguchi ... animator
Masahiro Emoto ... inbetween artist: Group Donguri
Toyoaki Emura ... animator
Masumi Ezaki ... inbetween artist: Production IG
Satoi Fujiwara ... inbetween artist: Production IG
Keiko Hagimori ... inbetween artist: DR Movie
Hideki Hamasu ... animator (as Hideki Hamazu)
Nobuo Hashimoto ... inbetween artist: Studio Wombat
Takashi Hashimoto ... animator
Sachiyo Hiraide ... inbetween artist: DR Movie
Shûichi Hirata ... background artist
Kazunobu Hoshi ... animator
Chieko Ichimanda ... inbetween checker
Chinami Igei ... inbetween artist: Daume
Hisashi Ikeda ... background artist
Katsumi Ikeda ... inbetween artist: Production IG (as Katsuki Ikeda)
Seong-kim Im ... inbetween artist: DR Movie
Toshiyuki Inoue ... animator
Akiharu Ishii ... animator
Taketomo Ishikawa ... inbetween artist: I.G. Niigata
Mitsuo Iso ... animator
Yoshiyuki Itô ... animator
Hiroyo Izumi ... inbetween artist: Production IG
Masatoshi Kai ... background artist
Yûko Kami ... inbetween artist: Production IG
Masaki Kamiguchi ... inbetween artist: Studio Wombat (as Masaki Ueguchi)
Hatsue Katô ... inbetween artist: Ashi Production
Sayuri Katô ... inbetween artist: Ashi Production
Eizô Kawada ... inbetween artist: Studio Takuranke
Tsuyoshi Kawada ... inbetween artist: Ashi Production
Shôji Kawamori ... mechanical designer
Kumiko Kawana ... animator
Hirotsugu Kawasaki ... animator
Moon-hee Kim ... inbetween artist: DR Movie
Soon-ah Kim ... inbetween artist: DR Movie
Yoon-sook Kim ... inbetween artist: DR Movie
Kazuchika Kise ... animator / key animation supervisor / layout artist
Satomi Kitahara ... inbetween artist: Ashi Production
Yoshiyuki Kohira ... inbetween artist: Studio Takuranke
Mina Kojima ... inbetween artist: Phoenix Entertainment
Kôji Komurakata ... animator
Rie Kondô ... inbetween artist: Studio Takuranke
Yûko Koyama ... inbetween artist: Production IG
Kaori Kunii ... inbetween artist: Ashi Production
Jae-sook Lee ... inbetween artist: DR Movie
Seok-min Lee ... inbetween artist: DR Movie
Suzuko Mano ... inbetween artist: Group Donguri
Nobuko Mizuta ... cel checker
Namiko Mori ... inbetween artist: Production IG
Toshikazu Motozumi ... inbetween artist: Studio Wombat
Yasushi Muraki ... animator
Kayoko Nabeta ... inbetween artist: Production IG
Akiko Nagashima ... inbetween artist: Production IG
Mika Nakabayashi ... inbetween artist: Production IG
Rieko Nakai ... inbetween artist: Production IG
Tamaki Nakatsu ... assistant to animation director
Daisuke Nakayama ... inbetween artist: OH Production
Ryôta Niino ... inbetween artist: I.G. Niigata
Mizuho Nishikubo ... animation director (as Toshihiko Nishikubo)
Junko Nishimura ... inbetween checker
Sanae Ochi ... inbetween artist: Daume
Takaaki Ogawa ... inbetween artist: Group Donguri
Hiromasa Ogura ... background artist
Hiroyuki Oka ... inbetween artist: I.G. Niigata
Tensai Okamura ... animator
Hiroyuki Okiura ... animation director / animator / character designer / key animation supervisor / layout artist
Tetsuhito Saitô ... animator
Yukie Sakô ... inbetween artist: Phoenix Entertainment (as Yukie Sako)
Mamoru Sasaki ... animator
Kazuhiro Sato ... inbetween artist: I.G. Niigata
Kazuhito Satsusa ... inbetween artist: Group Donguri
Masahiro Satô ... inbetween artist: Production IG
Kanami Sekiguchi ... inbetween artist: Production IG
Masayuki Shibuya ... inbetween artist: Group Donguri
Mitsumi Shitani ... inbetween artist: Production IG
Yasumitsu Suetake ... layout artist
Yukie Suzuki ... inbetween artist: Ashi Production
Hideki Tachibana ... inbetween artist: Studio Takuranke
Yuka Takahashi ... inbetween artist: Ashi Production
Itsuko Takeda ... inbetween artist: Production IG
Yôji Takeshige ... background artist
Kyôko Taketani ... inbetween artist: Production IG
Atsushi Takeuchi ... animator / layout artist / mechanical designer
Yûichi Tanaka ... animator
Manabu Tanzawa ... animator
Shinobu Tsuneki ... inbetween artist: Studio Takuranke
Takeji Urata ... inbetween artist: Daume
Takashi Watabe ... background designer / layout artist
Keiko Watanabe ... inbetween artist: DR Movie
Sawako Yajima ... inbetween artist: Production IG
Yayoi Yamashita ... cel checker
Yoshimasa Yamazaki ... inbetween artist: Production IG
Miyako Yatsu ... animator
Jun Yoshida ... inbetween artist: Studio Wombat
Shin'ya Yoshidome ... inbetween artist: Studio Takuranke
Masayuki Yoshihara ... animator
Kumiko Yusa ... color setter
Hiroyoshi Ôkawa ... animator
Yasuhiro Ôshima ... animator

Music Department

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Tomoko Nakano ... music producer: AUBE
Reiko Yasuda ... music producer: AUBE
Shigeru Ôtake ... music producer: DAYBREAK (as Shigeru Otake)

Additional Crew

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Mamoru Akimoto ... production scheduler
Mitsuo Iso ... weapons designer
Naoki Kanazawa ... video effects
Hirokazu Karasawa ... weapons advisor
Yumiko Katayama ... color section
Ayako Koike ... title designer
Megumi Maeda ... production scheduler
Haruo Mizuno ... production coordinator
Toru Nozaki ... advertising
Kikuo Nôtomi ... weapons advisor
Shûichi Satô ... color section
Teruhisa Tajima ... title designer
Shigeyuki Tsuchida ... video effects
Tomio Yoshioka ... international coordinator
Danielle Garnier ... publicist (uncredited)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

It is the year 2029. Technology has advanced so far that cyborgs are commonplace. In addition, human brains can connect to the internet directly. Major Motoko Kusanagi is an officer in Section 9, an elite, secretive police division that deals with special operations, including counter terrorism and cyber crime. She is currently on the trail of the Puppet Master, a cyber criminal who hacks into the brains of cyborgs in order to obtain information and to commit other crimes. Written by grantss

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Taglines It found a voice... now it needs a body. See more »
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Additional Details

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Also Known As
  • 攻殻機動隊 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • GHOST IN THE SHELL / 攻殻機動隊 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Mobile Armored Riot Police: Ghost in the Shell (Japan)
  • Ghost in the Shell (United Kingdom)
  • Ghost in the Shell (United States)
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Runtime
  • 83 min
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Box Office

Budget JPY330,000,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $10,000,000

Did You Know?

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Trivia In ordinary anime, characters would at least blink to create the feeling of "being animated", but in this movie, Motoko's eyes intentionally stayed unblinking many times. Director Mamoru Oshii's intention was to portray her as a "doll". See more »
Goofs The car underneath the spider tank changes in size relative to the tank between shots. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Wamdue Project - King of My Castle (Roy Malone Remix) (1999). See more »
Soundtracks See You Everyday See more »
Quotes Major Motoko Kusanagi: If we all reacted the same way, we'd be predictable, and there's always more than one way to view a situation. What's true for the group is also true for the individual. It's simple: Overspecialize, and you breed in weakness. It's slow death.
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