Porlock Press film club is proud to present a special 30th anniversary screening of Mamoru Oshii's cyberpunk anime thriller, Ghost in the Shell.

New Port City, Japan 2029: A cyborg government agent, Major Motoko Kusanagi, and the Internal Bureau of Investigations are hot on the trail of a hacker known as “The Puppet Master”, a sentient computer virus capable of infiltrating human hosts. Together with her fellow agents from Section 9, Kusanagi embarks on a race against time to capture the dangerous and omnipresent entity.

Based on the manga by Masamune Shirow, Ghost in the Shell features groundbreaking animation from Production I.G. studio (Kill Bill Vol. 1, Patlabor, The Deer King) and a beautiful, atmospheric score by acclaimed composer Kenji Kawai (Ring, Ip Man, Death Note).

Incredibly stylish and hugely influential, Ghost in the Shell is a timeless classic that demands to be seen on the big screen!

In Japanese with English subtitles.

Please note there will be no trailers running before the film, and it will begin after a brief introduction.

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