Best-Of Guide: Ghost in the Shell Facts and Legacy

Ghost in the Shell (1995) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next. It found a voice... Now it needs a body.

Where to watch

TMDB's U.S. watch-provider data lists Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads. Availability changes by country and date, so check your streaming app before watching.

Cast

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)

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.

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• Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
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• Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion
• 009-1: The End of the Beginning
• Chappie
• Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War

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