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Also known as Ghost in the Shell 3D, Ghost in the Shell: An IMAX 3D Experience

2017 film directed by Rupert Sanders

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In 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, ActionBudget: $110MBox office: $170M

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

Themes

  • strong woman
  • hacker
  • philosophy
  • cyborg
  • dystopia
  • investigation
  • based on comic
  • female protagonist
  • cyberpunk
  • transhumanism

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Ratings

IMDb

6.3/10

239,822 votes

Year
2017
Runtime
107 min
Genres
Action, Animation, Crime

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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
107 minutes
Countries
United States Hong Kong China
Languages
English Japanese
Budget
$110 million
Box office
$376.6 million

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Wikidata facts

Duration
107
FilmAffinity ID
739322
Image
Ghost In The Shell World Premiere Red Carpet- Yamamoto Kaori, Rila Fukushima, Pilou Asbæk, Kitano Takeshi, Scarlett Johansson, Juliette Binoche, Rupert Sanders, Momoi Kaori & Izumihara Yutaka (37357717766).jpg
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publication date
2017-03-30
title
Ghost in the Shell
Commons category
Ghost in the Shell (2017 film)
capital cost
110000000
box office
169801921
social media followers
14339
review score
52/100
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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.

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