Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain
2013 58m movie Film Japan

Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain

攻殻機動隊ARISE border: 1 Ghost Pain

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.

The 2012–2014 Japan Window

530 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Border 1: Ghost Pain sits at position #199.

  1. Solitary Gourmet
    #1

    Solitary Gourmet

    ★ 9.0 · 2012

  2. Attack on Titan
    #2

    Attack on Titan

    ★ 8.7 · 2013

  3. High School D×D
    #3

    High School D×D

    ★ 8.6 · 2012

  4. Haikyu!!
    #4

    Haikyu!!

    ★ 8.6 · 2014

  5. Your Lie in April
    #5

    Your Lie in April

    ★ 8.6 · 2014

  6. Kamisama Kiss
    #6

    Kamisama Kiss

    ★ 8.6 · 2012

  7. Golden Time
    #7

    Golden Time

    ★ 8.6 · 2013

  8. Magi
    #8

    Magi

    ★ 8.6 · 2012

Titles With Overlapping Themes

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The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Border 1: Ghost Pain premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

7.2
TMDB Rating
169
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

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

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