Japan Synopsis
攻殻機動隊ARISE border: 1 Ghost Pain
The story is set in 2027, one year after the end of the fourth non-nuclear war. New Port City is still reeling from the war's aftermath when it suffers a bombing caused by a self-propelled mine. Then, a military member implicated in arms-dealing bribes is gunned down. During the investigation, Public Security Section's Daisuke Aramaki encounters Motoko Kusanagi, the cyborg, wizard-level hacker assigned to the military's 501st Secret Unit. Batou, a man with the "eye that does not sleep," suspects that Kusanagi is the one behind the bombing. The Niihama Prefectural Police detective Togusa is pursuing his own dual cases of the shooting death and a prostitute's murder. Motoko herself is being watched by the 501st Secret Unit's head Kurutsu and cyborg agents.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Border 1: Ghost Pain. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Bandai Visual
Action + Animation in Japan
1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Border 1: Ghost Pain itself).
The 2012–2014 Japan Window
Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Border 1: Ghost Pain holds position #199 of 530 Japan films in the 2012–2014 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Border 1: Ghost Pain premiered alongside 177 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 177 other Japan films in 2013.
The 2790th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
169 audience reviews — more than 84% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (84th percentile) outruns trending popularity (61th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,744 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (62nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #741 of 1,714 (top 43%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Bandai Visual, TOHO, Production I.G, Kodansha |
| Runtime | 58m |
| Release Date | June 22, 2013 |
| IMDb | tt2636124 |