Ghost in the shell

Resource Information

The work Ghost in the shell represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Ghost in the shell

Statement of responsibility

based on the manga by Shirow Masamune ; produced by Kodansha in association with Bandai Visual and Manga Entertainment ; producers, Yoshimasa Mizuo ... [et al.] ; screenplay, Kazunori Ito ; director Mamoru Oshii

Contributor

• Ōtsuka, Akio, 1959 Nov. 24-
• Bandai Bijuaru Kabushiki Gaisha
• Kōdansha
• Manga Entertainment, Inc
• Epcar, Richard
• Frederick, William
• Genda, Tetsuyô, 1948-
• Itō, Kazunori, 1954-
• Kakesu, Shūichi
• Kawai, Kenji, 1957-
• Kayumi, Iemasa, 1933-
• Lasser, Abe, 1947-
• Mizuo, Yoshimasa
• Nishikubo, Toshihiko
• Oshii, Mamoru
• Shirow, Masamune
• Tanaka, Atsuko, 1962-
• Woods, Mimi
• Yamadera, Kōichi, 1961-
• Ōki, Tamio, 1928-

Animator

• Nishikubo, Toshihiko

Composer

• Kawai, Kenji, 1957-

Director

• Oshii, Mamoru

Film editor

• Kakesu, Shūichi

Performer

• Ōki, Tamio, 1928-
• Lasser, Abe, 1947-
• Tanaka, Atsuko, 1962-
• Woods, Mimi
• Yamadera, Kōichi, 1961-
• Kayumi, Iemasa, 1933-
• Ōtsuka, Akio, 1959 Nov. 24-
• Epcar, Richard
• Frederick, William
• Genda, Tetsuyô, 1948-

Producer

• Mizuo, Yoshimasa

Screenwriter

• Itō, Kazunori, 1954-

Subject

• Animated films -- Japan
• Shirow, Masamune -- Film adaptations
• Hackers -- Drama
• Animated films
• Graphic novels -- Japan -- Film adaptations
• Feature films
• Fantasy films
• Cyborgs -- Drama
• Conspiracies -- Drama
• Science fiction films
• Animated films -- Videodiscs

Genre

• Science fiction films
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Animated films
• Fantasy films
• Drama
• Videodiscs

Language

• eng
• jpn
• eng
• eng

Summary

In a world caught in the grip of information overload, Major Kusanagi is an elite officer and heavily modified cybernetic agent. She is on the trail of a computer-criminal who turns people into human marionettes, controlled by computer. She discovers that his true identity lies at the center of a vast and lethal political conspiracy

Member of

• Kōkaku kidōtai (Motion picture)

Awards note

Winner 1997 World Animation celebration awards, 'Best theatrical feature film' & 'Best director of a theatrical feature film'

Cataloging source

UAP

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Animation director, Toshihiko Nishikubo ; editor, Shūichi Kakesu ; music, Kenji Kawai

Dewey number

• 791.437
• 791.4334

Intended audience

Unrated. Suggested 17+ for graphic violence, language, and brief nudity. Parental discretion advised

Language note

• Closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired
• In dubbed English or Japanese, with optional English subtitles

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.K6513 1998

PerformerNote

• Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ohtsuka, Tamio Oki, Iemasa Kayumi, Koichi Yamadera, Tessho Genda
• Voice (English version): Richard George, Mimi Woods, William Frederick, Abe Lasser

Runtime

82

Technique

animation