An attack takes place on Rainbow Bridge in Odaiba, Tokyo by the fighter helicopter `Gray Ghost`. 2 days earlier, the Gray Ghost was stolen. The perpetrators are followers of Yukihito Tsuge. Yukihito Tsuge planned a coup of Tokyo 13 years earlier. The leader of Special Vehicle Section 2, Keiji Gotoda, sets out to stop the terrorists.
Direction
Oshii's signature static shots and philosophical digressions intact.
Practical Effects
Full-size Ingram mechs built for live-action, gloriously impractical.
Cinematography
Rain-soaked Tokyo noir with that 2015 digital sheen.
Director
Mamoru Oshii
Toshio Kakei
Keiji Gotoda
Erina Mano
Akira Izumino
Seiji Fukushi
Yuuma Shiobara
Rina Ohta
Kasha
Kohei Shiotsuka
Shinji Mikiya
Yoshikatsu Fujiki
Yoshikatsu Buchiyama
Shigeru Chiba
Shigeo Shiba
Kanna Mori
Ai Haibara
Kotaro Yoshida
Onodera
Reiko Takashima
Kei Takahata
Aki Shibuya
Shinobu Nagumo (silhouette)
Yoshiko Sakakibara
Shinobu Nagumo (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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