JAPAN · 1995

Ghost in the Shell

Mamoru Oshii
cybernetics artificial intelligence identity and consciousness government surveillance hacking and cyber crime
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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.

Year1995
CountryJapan
DirectorMamoru Oshii
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