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.
Direction
Oshii makes silence scream louder than bullets.
Score
Kenji Kawai's chanting still haunts churches.
Director
Mamoru Oshii
Atsuko Tanaka
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
Akio Otsuka
Batou (voice)
Iemasa Kayumi
Puppetmaster (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
Togusa (voice)
Yutaka Nakano
Ishikawa (voice)
Tamio Ohki
Aramaki (voice)
Tessyo Genda
Director Nakamura (voice)
Masakazu Namaki
Dr. Willis (voice)
Shinji Ogawa
Gaikôkan (voice)
Mitsuru Miyamoto
Mizuho Daita (voice)
Kazuhiro Yamaji
Garbage Collector A (voice)
Shigeru Chiba
Garbage Collector B (voice)
Hiroshi Yanaka
Coroner (voice)
Ginzo Matsuo
Old Man (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The opening shelling sequence influenced The Matrix so directly the Wachowskis literally showed it to producers as reference.
Oshii added the philosophical digressions wholesale; Shirow's manga was far more action-comedy, making this adaptation practically an original work.
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