Maps of Movies
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
Where Ghost in the Shell says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
The cyberpunk city is fiction, but its streets are real Hong Kong back lanes and a studio in New Zealand.
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Hanka Robotics headquarters (2017)
Dr. Ouelet checks on Major at Hanka headquarters. Major admits she keeps having glitches, and Ouelet asks if she is taking her medication and has her consent to delete the data.
Set in Hanka Robotics headquarters, Newport City — The Hanka Robotics tower, where Dr. Ouelet runs the project that built Major's artificial body.
A real Hong Kong office tower stands in for the fictional Hanka building.
Filmed at Lippo Centre, Admiralty, Hong Kong — Exterior seen with CGI alterations as the Hanka headquarters. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The robot geisha attack (2017)
Major destroys a hacked robotic geisha after it kills a hostage. Learning the hacker is called Kuze, she breaks protocol and dives into the robot's AI, and Batou has to pull her out when a counter-hack hits.
Set in Hanka business conference, Newport City — A Hanka business conference attacked by a hacked robotic geisha.
Filmed on a studio set in New Zealand; no outdoor location is recorded.
Newport City streets (2017)
Major moves through the crowded streets of Newport City, a city so full of towering holograms and implants that people barely notice an augmented body.
Set in Newport City streets — The crowded street level of the fictional Newport City.
The film's own wiki page names these two Hong Kong streets as filming sites; which scenes were shot there is not stated.
Filmed at Pak Hoi Street, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong — Shot on location in June 2016. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Woosung Street, Jordan, Hong Kong — Shot on location in June 2016. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The yakuza nightclub (2017)
Section 9 traces the hacker to a yakuza club. Batou goes in to draw attention while Major looks for a way into the basement, and the visit turns into a trap.
Set in Yakuza nightclub, Newport City — A yakuza nightclub tied to the hacker; Section 9 goes in and is lured into a trap.
A Hong Kong back street, located by a single blog, leads to the club entrance.
Filmed at Temple Street at Kansu Street, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong — Alley approach to the nightclub, per one film-location blog; point is the street centre. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Dr. Ouelet's apartment (2017)
Section 9 realises Dr. Ouelet is next on the killer's list. Kuze takes over two sanitation workers and sends them to kill her, and Batou, with new cybernetic eyes, and a repaired Major stop them.
Set in Dr. Ouelet's apartment, Newport City — The home of Major's designer, named as Kuze's next target.
A Hong Kong tower credited as the visual model for the building, according to one blog.
Filmed at Jardine House, Central, Hong Kong — Said to have inspired Dr. Ouelet's apartment building; not stated as filmed here. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The widowed mother's apartment (2017)
Major follows an address Ouelet gave her and meets a widowed woman who says her daughter Motoko ran away a year ago and was arrested. It is the first piece of a past Major did not know she had.
Set in Apartment of Motoko Kusanagi's mother — A widowed mother's apartment in a circular atrium block.
A housing estate with a circular atrium, used for the apartment interior.
Filmed at Lai Tak Tsuen, Tai Hang, Hong Kong — Circular atrium used as a location in 2016. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The hideaway (2017)
Following her memories, Major walks to the hideaway where Motoko was last seen, and meets Kuze again.
Set in The hideaway, Newport City — The hideout where Motoko was last seen.
Only the look of a Hong Kong footbridge is credited as inspiration; the scene itself was built in a studio.
Filmed at Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui — Said to be the inspiration for the Section 9 headquarters; not stated as filmed here. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Montane Mansion, Quarry Bay — A short scene was filmed at the Monster Building. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Yee Wo Street circular footbridge, Causeway Bay — Walkway said to have inspired the hideaway; the scene itself was shot in a studio. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Tsuen Wan Chinese Permanent Cemetery — Cemetery scene, per one film-location blog; order in the film unknown. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Major Mira Killian — A cyber-enhanced counter-terrorism operative with a human brain and an artificial body.
- Batou — Major's loyal Section 9 partner.
- Dr. Ouelet — The Hanka scientist who designed Major's shell.
Questions answered on the map
- Where is Ghost in the Shell's cyberpunk city really?