Slideshow
GHOST IN THE SHELL
Sunday, January 12
1:25
Wednesday, January 15
7:00
Japan, 1995
Directed by Mamoru Oshii
Based on Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow
With Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Iemasa Kayumi
In Japanese with English subtitles
Approx. 88 min. DCP.
“The heroine of Mamoru Oshii's landmark anime film is Major, aka Motoko Kusanagi, an artificial life form grappling with questions about her soul, her humanity and the body in which she resides. She is a cybernetic warrior employed by tactical force unit Section 9, cracking down on crimes within 'the net'. But she can't crack open the reasoning behind her own existence.” – RogerEbert.com
Presented with support from the Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film and the Reginald S. Reinhardt, Ling-Makekau Fund for Asia-Pacific Films
Reviews
“This is a work of profound and melancholic beauty; every bit as essential in the 21st century as it was in the 20th.”
– The Telegraph (UK)
“Mamoru Oshii’s direction deftly merges gritty realism with a dreamlike quality.”
– San Francisco Chronicle