
Ghost in the Shell
2017 · Movie · PG-13 · 107 min · ★ 6.1 · 48% critics
In a near-future city, a cyber-enhanced soldier created from a rescued human mind works with an elite unit to hunt dangerous criminals. As new threats emerge, unsettling glitches and unanswered questions push them to confront what it means to be human inside a manufactured body.
Based on Ghost in the Shell
Also known as Ghost in the Shell 3D
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Streaming on Crunchyroll.
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-03-29
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Critic score
- 48/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (8,575 votes)
- Box office
- $169,801,921
- Budget
- $110,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want glossy, fast-paced sci‑fi action with big ideas about identity, in the vein of I, Robot or Transcendence; Not for you if you need deep characters or subtle storytelling.
Pros: striking futuristic visuals; slick action set pieces; intriguing sci‑fi premise | Cons: shallow story; heavy exposition; thin character development
Themes
- strong woman
- hacker
- philosophy
- cyborg
- dystopia
- investigation
- based on comic
- female protagonist
- cyberpunk
- transhumanism
- terrorism
- evolution
- +6 more
Cast & crew

Scarlett Johansson
as Major Mira Killian / Motoko Kusanagi

Takeshi Kitano
as Aramaki

Pilou Asbæk
as Batou

Michael Pitt
as Kuze

Chin Han
as Togusa

Juliette Binoche
as Dr. Ouelet

Peter Ferdinando
as Cutter

Rila Fukushima
as Red Robed Geisha

Daniel Henshall
as Skinny Man

Yutaka Izumihara
as Saito
Directed by Rupert Sanders