Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie
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Key visual depicting the cast of Public Security Section 9
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| Directed by | Kazuya Nomura |
| Written by | Tow Ubukata |
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Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow |
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Maaya Sakamoto Ikkyuu Juku Kenichirou Matsuda Tarusuke Shingaki Shunsuke Sakuya Takurou Nakakuni Yōji Ueda Kazuya Nakai Miyuki Sawashiro |
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100 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (Japanese: 攻殻機動隊 新劇場版 Hepburn: Kōkaku Kidōtai: Shin Gekijōban?, lit. Mobile Armored Riot Police: The New Theatrical Edition), also known as Ghost in the Shell: The Rising or New Ghost in the Shell, is a 2015 anime science fiction action spy thriller film directed by Kazuya Nomura. A continuation of the Ghost in the Shell: Arise story arc, The New Movie is the latest film in the series produced by Japanese studio Production I.G., and the first feature since Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society in 2006. The film is a continuation to the plot of the Pyrophoric Cult episode of Arise, and ties up loose ends from that arc.
Set after the events of Arise, the film involves the assassination of the Prime Minister of Japan which is publicly described as the "greatest event since the war". It is up to Public Security Section 9, led by Major Motoko Kusanagi, to discover the true nature of the murder. They are aided by the Prime Minister's son, Osamu Fujimoto.
A new theatrical title in the Ghost in the Shell series, titled Kōkaku Kidōtai - Shin Gekijōban, was announced on September 5, 2014, on the official Japanese Ghost in the Shell: Arise website. The site confirmed the film would see a 2015 release, and labelled the upcoming film as the "further evolution [of the series]". On January 8, 2015, a short teaser trailer was revealed for the project unveiling a redesigned Major more closely resembling her appearance from the older films. The trailer listed Kazuya Nomura as the director, Kazuchika Kise as the general director and character designer, Toru Okubo as the animation director, Tow Ubukata as the screenplay writer and Cornelius as the composer. The film was announced a tentative release of "early summer of 2015" in Japanese theaters.
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