Meet Major Motoko Kusanagi, cyberspace operative for Section 9, a government agency charged with identifying and eliminating criminal activity. Deep within her psyche, she contemplates her "ghost" - her consciousness, her soul, her 'self'. This contemplation runs headlong into her latest assignment: apprehending the criminal mastermind known as the Puppetmaster, who is hacking into human brains hacking into their very ghosts! Approximate running time: 120 minutes.