Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain
2013 · Movie · R · 58 min · ★ 7.0 · 67% critics
In a war-scarred near-future city, a bombing and a suspicious killing pull multiple investigators into a tangled case involving cybercrime, political corruption, and surveillance. As suspects shift and loyalties stay unclear, the search for the truth becomes a tense puzzle about trust, memory, and control.
Also known as Ghost in the Shell Arise : Border 1-Ghost Pain
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Details
- Original title
- 攻殻機動隊ARISE border:1 Ghost Pain
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-06-22
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 58 min
- Critic score
- 67/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (232 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like dense futuristic crime stories, cyber-hacking intrigue, and the darker mood of Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 5: Pyrophoric Cult or Psycho-Pass: Providence; Not for you if you want simple plotting or a fully self-contained story.
Pros: tense cyberpunk mystery; strong action scenes; moody atmosphere | Cons: confusing plot turns; thin character focus; uneven music
Themes
- police
- explosive
- cyborg
- arms dealer
- memory loss
- cyberpunk
- false memory
- seinen
- anime
Cast & crew
Maaya Sakamoto
as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
Ikkyu Juku
as Daisuke Aramaki (voice)
Kenichirou Matsuda
as Batou (voice)
Kazuya Nakai
as Borma (voice)
Shunsuke Sakuya
as Ishikawa (voice)
Tomoyuki Dan
as Ishikawa (voice)
Takuro Nakakuni
as Saito (voice)
Tarusuke Shingaki
as Togusa (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro
as Logicoma (voice)
Kenji Nojima
as Tsumugi (voice)
Directed by Kazuchika Kise, Masahiko Murata