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Kazunori Ito has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2000s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Ghost in the Shell.
Ghost in the Shell
1995 · Movie · Writer
Top 1%Prime Video · Included
Ghost in the Shell 2.0
2008 · Movie · Writer
Top 7%Prime Video · Included
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
1996 · Movie · Writer
Top 13%Prime Video · Included
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
1995 · Movie · Writer
Top 14%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
1999 · Movie · Writer
Top 14%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.
Dir. Mamoru Oshii · With Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Iemasa Kayumi
In the year 2029, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster'.
Dir. Mamoru Oshii · With Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Koichi Yamadera
A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary. However the battle may result in Gamera losing his bond with both Asagi and humanity.
Dir. Shusuke Kaneko · With Toshiyuki Nagashima, Miki Mizuno, Tamotsu Ishibashi
A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he gives to his daughter Asagi. Meanwhile, ornithologist Nagamine investigates reports of a new species of large bird named Gyaos. As the Gyaos begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to Asagi emerges.
Dir. Shusuke Kaneko · With Tsuyoshi Ihara, Shinobu Nakayama, Ayako Fujitani
With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.
Dir. Shusuke Kaneko · With Ai Maeda, Shinobu Nakayama, Aki Maeda
A mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo.
Dir. Mamoru Oshii · With Mina Tominaga, Toshio Furukawa, Ryusuke Ohbayashi
In a future world, young people are increasingly becoming addicted to an illegal (and potentially deadly) battle simulation game called Avalon. When Ash, a star player, hears of rumors that a more advanced level of the game exists somewhere, she gives up her loner ways and joins a gang of explorers. Even if she finds the gateway to the next level, will she ever be able to come back to reality?
Dir. Mamoru Oshii · With Małgorzata Foremniak, Władysław Kowalski, Jerzy Gudejko
A Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and the military when a terrorist act is blamed on an Air Force jet. With the aid of a government agent, the team gets close to a terrorist leader to stop things from going out of control when after the military is impelled to impose martial law.
Dir. Mamoru Oshii · With Mina Tominaga, Toshio Furukawa, Ryusuke Ohbayashi
H.P. Lovecraft anthology is divided into four segments: "The Library" which is the wraparound segment involving Lovecraft's research into the Book of The Dead and his unwitting release of a monster and his writing of the following horror segments "The Drowned", "The Cold", and "Whispers".
Dir. Christophe Gans, Brian Yuzna, Shusuke Kaneko · With Jeffrey Combs, Tony Azito, Juan Fernández
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