Ghost in the Shell
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6.1In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
Released: 2017-03-29107 minDir: Rupert SandersScience Fiction, Drama, Action
Cast
- Scarlett Johansson as Major Mira Killian / Motoko Kusanagi
- Takeshi Kitano as Aramaki
- Pilou Asbæk as Batou
- Michael Pitt as Kuze
- Chin Han as Togusa
- Juliette Binoche as Dr. Ouelet
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Rupert Sanders
- Screenplay by
- Jamie Moss William Wheeler Ehren Kruger
- Based on
- Ghost in the Shell , by Masamune Shirow
- Produced by
- Avi Arad Ari Arad Steven Paul Michael Costigan
- Starring
- Scarlett Johansson Takeshi Kitano Michael Pitt Pilou Asbæk Chin Han Juliette Binoche
- Cinematography
- Jess Hall
- Edited by
- Neil Smith Billy Rich
- Music by
- Clint Mansell Lorne Balfe
- Production companies
- Paramount Pictures Amblin Partners DreamWorks Pictures Reliance Entertainment Arad Productions Steven Paul Productions
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release dates
- March 16, 2017 ( 2017-03-16 ) ( Shinjuku ) March 31, 2017 ( 2017-03-31 ) ( United States )
- Running time
Key dates
- Published
- 30 March 2017
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- China
- Original language
- Japanese
- Based on
- Ghost in the Shell
- Director
- Rupert Sanders
- Screenwriter
- Ehren Kruger
- Cast member
- Chin Han
- Composer
- Lorne Balfe
- Producer
- Steven Paul
- Cinematographer
- Jess Hall
Article
Ghost in the Shell is a 2017 cyberpunk action film directed by Rupert Sanders and written by Jamie Moss, William Wheeler, and Ehren Kruger. It is the first live-action movie based on the Japanese Ghost in the Shell franchise envisioned by Masamune Shirow, and stars Scarlett Johansson, Takeshi Kitano, Michael Pitt, Pilou Asbæk, Chin Han, and Juliette Binoche. Set in a near future when the line between humans and robots is blurring, the story follows Major Mira Killian (Johansson), a cyborg supersoldier who investigates her past.
Filming for Ghost in the Shell took place in New Zealand at Stone Street Studios from February to June 2016, with additional filming in Hong Kong that June. The film premiered in Tokyo on March 16, 2017, and was released in the United States on March 31, 2017, in IMAX, 3D, IMAX 3D, and 4DX. It grossed $376.6 million worldwide against a production budget of $110 million. Ghost in the Shell received mixed reviews, with praise for its cast performances, visual style, action sequences, cinematography and musical score, but criticism for its plot and lack of character development. The casting of non-Asian actors (particularly Johansson in the lead role) drew accusations of racism and whitewashing in the United States, although Mamoru Oshii, the director of the original anime film, stated that there was no basis for this accusation.