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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

2004 · 100 min

A brooding, philosophical plunge into a rain-soaked cyberpunk world, gorgeous and glacial, asking you to think as much as watch.

Tagline
When machines learn to feel, who decides what is human...
Overview
Cyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards. The brains of the gynoids initialize in order to protect their manufacturer's software, but in one gynoid, which Batou himself neutralized, one file remains: a voice speaking the phrase "Help me."

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • technology
  • isolation
  • trauma
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • sea
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror4
Humour1
Realism5
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity9
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
animation, drama, science fiction
Directed by
Mamoru Oshii
Written by
Mamoru Oshii
Starring
Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Koichi Yamadera, Tamio Ohki, Yutaka Nakano, Hiroaki Hirata, Masaki Terasoma, Sumi Mutoh
Music
Kenji Kawai
Cinematography
Miki Sakuma
Runtime
100 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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