Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain

You're Motoko Kusanagi, a cyborg mercenary in a war-torn city. An arms-dealing scandal erupts, and then a bombing. But you're soon a suspect. Kusanagi's past and future blur. The film considers what remains of humanity when so much is mechanized.

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Masahiko Murata directed Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain in 2013. See Masahiko Murata's full filmography, where to start with Masahiko Murata, or where to go after you've seen everything by Masahiko Murata.

Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain was released in 2013 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 58 minutes.