In the year 2029, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster'.
Cinematography
Hong Kong-inspired cityscapes that defined cyberpunk aesthetics
Score
Kenji Kawai's choral chanting haunts your dreams
Direction
Oshii's meditative pacing dares you to get bored
Director
Mamoru Oshii
Atsuko Tanaka
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
Akio Otsuka
Batou (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
Togusa (voice)
Tamio Ohki
Section 9 Department Chief Aramaki (voice)
Tessyo Genda
Section 6 Department Chief Nakamura (voice)
Shinji Ogawa
Diplomat (voice)
Yoshiko Sakakibara
The Puppet Master (voice)
Kazuhiro Yamaji
Garbage Collector A (voice)
Shigeru Chiba
Garbage Collector B (voice)
Maaya Sakamoto
Motoko Kusanagi (young) (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Wachowskis literally showed this to producers saying 'we want to do this for real.' The Matrix owes its entire visual language to Oshii's rainy streets and green-tinted code.
The 2.0 version controversially replaced original animation with CGI—purists rage, but Oshii approved it as his 'final' vision. Choose your fighter.
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