Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain
A cybernetic investigator confronts bombing conspiracies and fractured memories in the militarized aftermath of a world war.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- tense
- cerebral
- paranoid
- late night anime marathon
- cyberpunk double feature
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Motoko’s investigation is entangled with memory loss and uncertainty over which recollections are authentic.
The bombing investigation brings Motoko into contact with hackers, police forces, and an arms dealer in a technologically augmented society.
The story takes place one year after the fourth World War and centers on a former military operative investigating a devastating bombing.
Its cyberpunk setting, hackers, cyborg bodies, explosive crime, and shadowy institutions frame the investigation through noir-inflected science-fiction imagery.
Films like Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain, and why
Ghost in the Shell
cyberpunk science fiction, philosophical questions about identity, and kinetic tactical action
Psycho-Pass: The Movie
anime cyberpunk atmosphere, conspiratorial investigation, and technologically mediated identity
Patlabor 2: The Movie
adult animated science fiction, military intrigue, and paranoia around memory and technology
Appleseed
stylized cyberpunk crime investigation focused on artificial bodies, state power, and unstable memory
Movie Details
- Directors
- Kazuchika Kise, Masahiko Murata
- Release Date
- 2013-06-22
- Runtime
- 58 min
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (241)
Cast
- Maaya Sakamoto
- Ikkyu Juku
- Kenichirou Matsuda
- Kazuya Nakai
- Shunsuke Sakuya
- Tomoyuki Dan
- Takuro Nakakuni
- Tarusuke Shingaki
- Miyuki Sawashiro
- Kenji Nojima
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain about?
- A cybernetic investigator confronts bombing conspiracies and fractured memories in the militarized aftermath of a world war.
- What is Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain as graphic.
- Which films are like Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain?
- Films with a similar feel include Ghost in the Shell, Psycho-Pass: The Movie, Patlabor 2: The Movie, and Appleseed.
- How long is Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain?
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain runs 58 minutes.
- Where can I watch Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain?
- In United States, Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain streams on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel.
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