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Name: Ghost in the Shell
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Genre: action, animation, science-fiction
Released: 1995
Duration: 1 h 23 min
Rating: 7.9

Ghost in the Shell has an iRankMovies score of 82.7/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

GHOST IN THE SHELL

It found a voice... Now it needs a body.

Release:1995

Runtime:1h 23m

Country:Japan

Director:Mamoru Oshii

Language:Japanese

Genre

ActionAnimationScience Fiction

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Keywords

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iRank83

Ghost in the Shell rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.9/10· 172K votes

Rotten Tomatoes95%

Metacritic76%

TMDb7.9/10· 4K votes

With 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.9/10 on IMDb and 76/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Ghost in the Shell

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 of Ghost in the Shell

Atsuko Tanaka
as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
Akio Otsuka
as Batou (voice)
Iemasa Kayumi
as Puppetmaster (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
as Togusa (voice)
Yutaka Nakano
as Ishikawa (voice)
Tamio Ohki
as Aramaki (voice)
Tessyo Genda
as Director Nakamura (voice)
Masakazu Namaki
as Dr. Willis (voice)
M
Masato Yamanouchi
as Minister of Foreign Affairs (voice)
Shinji Ogawa
as Gaikôkan (voice)
Mitsuru Miyamoto
as Mizuho Daita (voice)
Kazuhiro Yamaji
as Garbage Collector A (voice)

Ghost in the Shell facts

Original title: GHOST IN THE SHELL
Budget: $3M
Box office: $10M
Collection: Ghost in the Shell Collection

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Philosophical inquiry into consciousness and identity elevates action animation
•Visual direction creates cyberpunk atmosphere through innovative digital animation
•Adult storytelling treats anime medium with intellectual seriousness and respect

What the audience disliked

•Dialogue heavy exposition can feel didactic overwhelming narrative momentum entirely
•Plot resolution remains deliberately ambiguous frustrating viewers seeking closure

Saga: Ghost in the Shell Collection