Ghost in the Shell

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Ghost in the Shell is originally a manga created by Masamune Shirow. In the end of 1995, a movie based on the manga was released.

Movie Synopsis

The year is 2029. The Net has become ominpresent, reaching into every aspect of domestic life, commerce, and governments' vast information networks around the world. This technological miracle was to herald the apex of civilisation. Instead it breeds something more insidious. From the highest echelons of governments to dark rundown alleys, a new form of crime emerges. One that threatens to turn the technology against the order of society.

'The Puppet Master' was a top secret project by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Designated Project 2501, it's purpose was to roam the huge commercial and government networks, hacking into any system at the Ministry's bidding. It seemed like the perfect spy, until 'The Puppet Master' decided to live in the world beyond the Net. Defying the Ministry, it now seeks a host to fulfill its desire for physical existence.

When the Foreign Ministry tries to terminate its renegade program, 'The Puppet Master' threatens to expose its identity to the Internal Bureau of Investigation, which considers it a security threat but are unaware of its origin. While both parties try to out-manovuer each other in regaining Project 2501, 'The Puppet Master' stages a revolution of its own, raising doubts in the many cyborgs that inhabit the city about their own identify -- their own freedom.

At the heart of it is Major Motoko Kusanagi, the leader of the Internal Investigation Bureau's anti-terrorist task force -- and a cyborg herself. When she tracks down 'The Puppet Master', it would not just be a sentient AI program she is against, but the choice of her own destiny that it offers as well.

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