

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
2004-03-06 · 100 min · ★ 7.4
Cyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards. The brains of the gynoids initialize in order to protect their manufacturer's software, but in one gynoid, which Batou himself neutralized, one file remains: a voice speaking the phrase "Help me."
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Production details
- Directors
- Mamoru Oshii
- Production companies
- Bandai Visual, Production I.G, dentsu, ITNDDTD, Kodansha, Studio Ghibli
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 10,079,829
Top Cast
Atsuko TanakaMotoko Kusanagi (voice)
Akio OtsukaBatou (voice)
Koichi YamaderaTogusa (voice)
Tamio OhkiSection 9 Department Chief Aramaki (voice)
Yutaka NakanoIshikawa (voice)
Hiroaki HirataKoga (voice)
Masaki TerasomaAzuma (voice)
Sumi MutohMysterious Woman (voice)
Yuzuru FujimotoCriminal (voice)
Sukekiyo KameyamaRin (voice)
Ryuji NakagiWakabayashi (voice)
Fumihiko TachikiBodyguard (voice)
Minoru HiranoCyborg Doctor (voice)
Katsunosuke HoriChief of Forensics Division (voice)
Naoto TakenakaKim (voice)
Hiroyuki KinoshitaInvasion Captain (voice)
Yoshiko SakakibaraHaraway (voice)
Nanami HinataTogusa's Daughter (voice)
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