Ghost in the shell

Author

Rupert Sanders

Call Number

• BLU-RAY SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY (CEN)

Edition

Blu-ray version.

Languages

English, French, Spanish or Portuguese dialogue; English, French, Spanish or Portuguese subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, English audio description track.

Performers

Scarlett Johansson, "Beat" Takeshi Kitano, Michael Carmen Pitt, Pilou Asbaek, Chin Han, Juliette Binoche.

Publication Information

Hollywood, California : Paramount Pictures, 2017.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (106 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; for intense sequences of sci-fi violence, suggestive content and some disturbing images.

Summary

Believing she was rescued from near death, Major becomes the first of her kind: a human mind inside an artificial body designed to fight the war against cyber crime. While investigating a dangerous criminal, Major makes a shocking discovery--the corporation that created her lied about her past life in order to control her. Unsure what to believe, Major will stop at nothing to unravel the mystery of her true identity and exact revenge against the corporation she was built to serve.

Notes

Title from container.

Based on the comic "The ghost in the shell" by Shirow Masamune, published in Japan by Kodansha Ltd.

Blu-ray release of the 2017 motion picture.

Special features: Hard-wired humanity: making Ghost in the shell ; Section 9: cyber defenders ; Man & machine: the ghost philosophy.