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Ghost in the Shell
MEANRANK
82/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #77
- IMDb #62
- Rotten Tomatoes #67
- Metacritic #73
- Letterboxd #69
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #89
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #79
- Metacritic Critics #99
- Metacritic Audience #33
- Criticker #29
- Douban #15
- Kinopoisk #57
- AlloCiné #79
- Trakt #101
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 66, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 95.
See the most agreed on films →In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.
Details
- Director
- Mamoru Oshii
- Writer
- Kazunori Ito
- Released
- 18 November 1995
- Country
- Japan, United Kingdom
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $3.0M
- Box office
- $10.0M
- Awards
- 1 win, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 2 →1 win from 2 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| Animation Kobe Theatrical Film Award 1996 | Animation Kobe Theatrical Film Award | Winner | |
| Annie Award 1996 | Best Animated Feature | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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