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.