In the year 2029, connecting the human brain directly to networks and replacing physical bodies with cybernetic parts has become the norm. When a series of incidents occur involving the Puppet Master - a mysterious hacker who manipulates memories and behaviors by hacking into people's ghosts - Major Kusanagi of Public Security Section 9 sets out to track them down. As a full-body cyborg with only her human brain remaining, Kusanagi constantly questions whether her memories and ghost can truly guarantee her sense of self. The situation escalates when the Puppet Master, having gained self-awareness while roaming the network, manifests in a cybernetic body to declare itself a living entity and demand political asylum.
The film gradually blurs the boundary between human and machine through characters situated at different points along that spectrum: Kusanagi, a full-body cyborg; Batou, whose body is heavily mechanized; and Togusa, who possesses a cyberbrain but retains an organic human body. By confronting the human desire to inevitably actualize any possible technology, this visionary work remains a pioneering masterpiece that asked fundamental questions about the nature of the self and the conditions of humanity well ahead of its time.

[Program Introduction]
- September 1 (Tue), 7:30 PM, before the screening of Ghost in the Shell
- Hwang Minjin (Programmer, CinemathequeKOFA)