Kôkaku kidôtai (1995)
Director:
Mamoru Oshii
Tagline:
« It found a voice… now it needs a body. »
Actors:
Motoko Kusanagi
Batô
The Puppet Master
Togusa
Aramaki
Rating:
(175’441 votes)
(175’441 votes)
Quotes:
« Major Motoko Kusanagi: If we all reacted the same way, we'd be predictable, and there's always more than one way to view a situation. What's true for the group is also true for the individual. It's simple: Overspecialize, and you breed in weakness. It's slow death.
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« Major Motoko Kusanagi: There are countless ingredients that make up the human body and mind, like all the components that make up me as an individual with my own personality. Sure I have a face and voice to distinguish myself from others, but my thoughts and memories are unique only to me, and I carry a sense of my own destiny. Each of those things are just a small part of it. I collect information to use in my own way. All of that blends to create a mixture that forms me and gives rise to my conscience. I feel confined, only free to expand myself within boundaries.
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« Section 6 Department Chief Nakamura: Nonsense! There's no proof at all that you are a living, thinking life form!
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« Puppet Master: And can you offer me proof of your existence? How can you, when neither modern science nor philosophy can explain what life is?
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Trailer:
Official Trailer
Runtime:83 minutes
Plots:
A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.
It is the year 2029. Technology has advanced so far that cyborgs are commonplace. In addition, human brains can connect to the internet directly. Major Motoko Kusanagi is an officer in Section 9, an elite, secretive police division that deals with special operations, including counter terrorism and cyber crime. She is currently on the trail of the Puppet Master, a cyber criminal who hacks into the brains of cyborgs in order to obtain information and to commit other crimes.
New Port City, Japan, 2029. The Puppet Master, a mysterious cyber terrorist, stealthily manipulates politics. Exploiting the internet and advanced cybernetic tech, he turns brain-hacked victims into unwitting pawns to incite rebellion. However, the digital anarchist is drawing unwanted attention; Public Security Section 9, an elite intelligence department specialising in cyberwarfare, is onto him. Now, hardened squad leader Major Motoko Kusanagi must fix the bug. But with the cold machines aching for self-awareness, how close are we to witnessing the end of humankind?
