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Kôkaku kidôtai (1995) -- A female cyborg cop and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.
Kôkaku kidôtai (1995) -- A female cyborg cop and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.

Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Mamoru Oshii
Writers:
Kazunori Itô (writer)
Masamune Shirow (comic)
Contact:
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Release Date:
29 March 1996 (USA) more
Tagline:
It Found A Voice... Now It Needs A Body more
Plot:
A female cyborg cop and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
5 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
A masterpiece of Art, Technology and Culture... more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Atsuko Tanaka ... Major Motoko Kusanagi (voice)

Richard Epcar ... Bateau (voice: English version) (as Richard George)
Akio Ôtsuka ... Batô (voice)
Tamio Ôki ... Section 9 Department Chief Aramaki (JPN) (voice)
Iemasa Kayumi ... Project 2501 aka 'The Puppet Master' (voice)
Kôichi Yamadera ... Togusa (voice)
Tesshô Genda ... Section 6 Department Chief Nakamura (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Richard Barnes ... Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Murray Williams)

Steve Blum ... Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Roger Canfield)
Steve Bulen ... Section 9 Staff Cyberneticist / Coroner (voice: English version)
Toni Burke ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Richard Cansino ... Diplomat (voice: English version) (as Steve Davis)
Tom Carlton ... Garbage Collector A (voice: English version)
George Celik ... Old Man (voice: English version)
Shigeru Chiba ... Garbage Collector B (voice)
Gina Connell ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Stephen Davis ... Diplomat (voice: English version)
Dorothy Gabriel ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Dougary Grant ... Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Michael Porter)
Leo Gray ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Meg Hamilton ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Christopher Joyce ... Togusa (voice: English version)
William Knight ... Section 9 Department Chief Aramaki (voice: English version) (as William Frederick)
Namaki Masakazu ... Dr.Willis (voice)
Joan Mason ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Takashi Matsuyama ... Terrorist (voice)
Joe Michael ... (voice: English version)
Mitsuru Miyamoto ... Daita Mizuho (voice)
Gilbert Navarro ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Shinji Ogawa ... Notorious Diplomat (voice)
Gloria Oldman ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Ben Parks ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Scott Prensor ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Simon Prescott ... Section 6 Department Chief Nakamura (voice: English version) (as Ben Isaacson)
Debra Rogers ... Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as S.J. Charvin)
Joe Romersa ... Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Joe Michaels)
Maaya Sakamoto ... Motoko (Girl) (voice)
Donald Salin ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Lia Sargent ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Sam Sheffer ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Michael Sorich ... Ishikawa (voice: English version) (as Mike Sorich)

Peter Spellos ... Bad Guy (voice: English version) (as David Conrad)
Skip Stellrecht ... Minister (voice: English version) (as Hank Smith)
Doug Stone ... Garbage Collector B (voice: English version)
Jimmy Theodore ... Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Stephen Platt)
Yûji Ueda ... Assault-Unit Operator (voice)
Phil Williams ... Dr. Willis (voice: English version)
Amy Wong ... Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Amy Wong)
Mimi Woods ... Major Motoko Kusanagi (voice: English version)
Tom Wyner ... Project 2501 / Puppet Master (voice: English version) (as Abe Lasser)
Kazuhiro Yamaji ... Garbage Collector A (voice)
Masato Yamanouchi ... Foreign Minister (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Ghost in the Shell (International: English title)
Shell Mobile Force
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Runtime:
82 min
Country:
Japan | USA
Color:
Color | Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
Italy:VM14 (video rating) | South Korea:12 | Italy:T (re-rated) (video rating) | Canada:14+ (TV rating) | Japan:PG-12 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Canada:14A | Finland:K-11 (re-rating) | Finland:K-12 (video rating) | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Singapore:M18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Netherlands:12 | Germany:16 (video rating)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Director Trademark: [Mamoru Oshii]Basset Hound. more
Quotes:
Puppet Master: Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Kôkaku kidôtai: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society (2006) more
Soundtrack:
One Minute Warning more

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58 out of 71 people found the following comment useful:-
A masterpiece of Art, Technology and Culture..., 22 December 1998
10/10

I would highly recommend this cyber-political-industrial thriller that envisions our future in a hyper realistic (idealistic?) way. The plot is excellent, though I did not get it the first time. The quality of the graphics surpasses any anime available on the market and the soundtrack is beautiful. The creative team did an amazing job providing the movie with fine details, harmony in this very descriptive world of high technology (AI) and traditional Japan. I thoroughly believe it is a masterpiece, a unique audio-visual experience. (cf. Blade Runner, Akira)

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