Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man(2005)

PG-13

09/23/2005 (US)Science Fiction, Animation, Action, Crime2h 40m

7.7

"Get out of the Network!"

Overview

The year is 2030 and six years have passed since a criminal known only as "The Laughing Man" swept through top medical nanotechnology firms committing acts of cyber-terrorism, kidnapping, and espionage leaving no known suspects. New information is revealed, as Section 9 enters the hunt for a suspect capable of unfathomable actions in this compilation of Stand Alone Complex content.

Kenji Kamiyama

Director

Dai Sato

Screenplay

Junichi Fujisaku

Screenplay

Taiki Sakurai

Screenplay

Kenji Kamiyama

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Atsuko Tanaka

Motoko Kusanagi (voice)

Osamu Saka

Daisuke Aramaki (voice)

Yutaka Nakano

Ishikawa (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Togusa/The Laughing Man (voice)

Toru Okawa

Saito (voice)

Taro Yamaguchi

Borma (voice)

Sakiko Tamagawa

Tachikoma (voice)

Ross Douglas

Daido (voice)

Takashi Onozuka

Pazu (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Batou (voice)

Ai Orikasa

Sano (voice)

Jouji Nakata

Kusunoki (voice)

Ken Narita

Nanao (voice)

Maaya Sakamoto

Little Motoko (voice)

Minami Takayama

Kuroha (voice)

Miyu Irino

Omba (voice)

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Part of the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Collection

The action takes place in the fictional Japan of the year 2030, where the members of the special unit "Section 9" are entrusted with solving various cases of crime, espionage and terrorism. This also includes the case of the "Laughing Man", which caused a stir some time ago, but was never cleared up by the responsible police department. In the course of their own investigation, Section 9 members discover that the Laughing Man case is far more complex than it first appears.