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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
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(2004)
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Cast
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Akio Ôtsuka | ... |
Batô
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Atsuko Tanaka | ... |
Major Motoko Kusanagi
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Kôichi Yamadera | ... |
Togusa
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Tamio Ôki | ... | |
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Yutaka Nakano | ... |
Ishikawa
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Kim
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Gou Aoba | ... |
(voice) (as Go Aoba)
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Eisuke Asakura | ... |
(voice)
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Koga /
Lin
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Richard Cansino | ... |
Man /
Security 1 /
Wakabayashi /
Yakuza 1
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Joey D'Auria | ... |
Kim
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Azuma
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Guard /
Terrorist
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Batou
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Togusa
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Batô is a living cyborg. His whole body, even his arms and legs, are entirely man-made. What only remains are traces of his brain and the memories of a woman. In an era when the boundary between humans and machines has become infinitely vague, Humans have forgotten that they are humans. This is the debauchery of the lonesome ghost of a man, who nevertheless seeks to retain humanity. Innocence... Is what life is. Written by Anonymous
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When machines learn to feel, who decides what is human... See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for violence, disturbing images and brief language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
JapanRelease Date:
6 March 2004 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$317,722 (USA) (17 September 2004)Gross:
$924,482 (USA) (29 October 2004)Company Credits
Production Co:
Bandai Visual Company, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, DENTSU Music And Entertainment See more »
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Technical Specs
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1.85 : 1
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Bateau: There's loyalty that protects secrets and loyalty that projects the truth. You cannot serve both masters, so which loyalty is yours?
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Lyrics by Miu Sakamoto
Music by Kenji Kawai
Arranged by Kenji Kawai
Sung by Kimiko Ito
Courtesy of VideoArts Music
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The music-box tune in Kim's mansion was actually recorded in a large outdoor space, because the sound engineer wasn't sure if he could alter the music electronically to have an authentic feel in 5.1-channel surround sound. See more »Goofs
During the forensics examination, one of the computer screens misspells "research" as "RESAERCH". See more »Quotes
Lin: We got loyalty even in my line.Bateau: There's loyalty that protects secrets and loyalty that projects the truth. You cannot serve both masters, so which loyalty is yours?
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Soundtracks
"River of Crystals"Lyrics by Miu Sakamoto
Music by Kenji Kawai
Arranged by Kenji Kawai
Sung by Kimiko Ito
Courtesy of VideoArts Music
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I agree with an earlier reviewer that both hardcore Oshii fans and narrow-minded American viewers are missing the point by not viewing this movie on its own terms. In many ways, it's more thoroughly conceived, and less action-justified (more thoughtful) than Ghost in the Shell. For me, it progressed naturally from its predecessor: Where Ghost in the Shell asks questions about the nature of human individuality, Innocence asks the next set of questions, about human existence. And it asks them in ways so much more directly pertinent to our own lives than utterly fantastic treatments like the Matrix films and silly diversions like The Butterfly Effect.
The ideas of the story are genuinely original, and thoroughly conceived. I don't think I've ever seen a science fiction film that was as true to the real spirit of the genre as this pair; Japan in general seems to take science fiction much more seriously than any western film-culture, and so out of Japan we get real, serious attempts to tell science-fictional stories, filled with real ideas and real characters, instead of the Bat-Durstonized monstrosities we get in the west.
For me, the integration of 2D and 3D elements was jarring; but the story stands on its ideas and the strength of its plot.