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| Director: | 
Mamoru Oshii |  | 
Writer: | 
Kazunori Ito |  | 
Starring: | 
Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Tamio Oki |  | 
Released: | 
1995 |  | 
Rating: | 
 
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Runtime: | 
82 minutes
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Websites: | 
 
 
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Story: | 
2029 - A female cybernetic government agent, Major Motoko Kusanagi, and the Internal 
Bureau of Investigations are hot on the trail of "The Puppet Master", a mysterious 
and threatening computer virus capable of infiltrating human hosts. Together, with 
her fellow agents from Section 9, they embark on a high-tech race against time to 
capture the omnipresent entity.
  
"Ghost in  the Shell" took the world by storm, exhibiting a new dimension of anime 
with unprecedented, mesmerizing cinematic expression.
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Cast: | 
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Atsuko Tanaka
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Major Motoko Kusanagi |  | 
Akio Otsuka
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Bato |  | 
Tamio Oki
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Section 9 Department Chief Aramaki |  | 
Iemasa Kayumi
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Project 2501 aka 'The Puppet Master' |  | 
Koichi Yamadera
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Togusa |  | 
Tessho Genda
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Section 6 Department Chief Nakamura |  | 
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