Credits
Mamoru OSHII - Director
Shirow MASAMUNE - Original story
Mamoru OSHII - Script / Dialogue
Yohei TANEDA - Set decorator
Kenji KAWAI - Music
Miki SAKUMA - Director of Photography
Directed by : Mamoru OSHII
Year of production : 2003 Country : JAPAN Length : 100 minutes
It is the year 2032 and the line between humans and machines has been blurred almost beyond distinction. Humans have forgotten that they are human and those that are left coexist with cyborgs (human spirits inhabiting entirely mechanized bodies) and dolls (robots with no human elements at all). Batou is a cyborg. His body is artificial: the only remnants left of his humanity, are traces of his brain?... and the memories of a woman called The Major. A detective for the government's covert anti-terrorist unit, Public Security Section 9, Batou is investigating the case of a gynoid-a hyper-realistic female robot created specifically for sexual companionship-who malfunctions and slaughters her owner. As Batou delves deeper into the investigation, questions arise about humanity's need to im
Mamoru OSHII - Director
Shirow MASAMUNE - Original story
Mamoru OSHII - Script / Dialogue
Yohei TANEDA - Set decorator
Kenji KAWAI - Music
Miki SAKUMA - Director of Photography
Production
PRODUCTION I.G, INC. - Production I.G, Inc.
Minami Building, 3-22-31, Mi JAPAN - T: +81 42 323 3569
Distribution
U.I.P - T: 33 (0)1 40 07 38 40
French press
DDA (LONDON) - T: 44 20 7932 9800 - https://www.theddagroup.com
Smith GRAHAM - graham.smith@ddapr.com
International press
DDA (LONDON) - T: 44 20 7932 9800 - https://www.theddagroup.com
Smith GRAHAM - graham.smith@ddapr.com
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