If you’re a fan of poetry and cinema you’ve come to the right place. Read my Ghost in a Shell haiku and find out little known facts about the film. Have you seen Ghost in a Shell already? Let me know what you think?
A broken mind, ghost.
A life stolen, snatched, taken.
Her sense of self clings.

Major (Scarlett Johansson) fights crime and keeps the peace in a futuristic mega-city. Scientists uploaded Major’s consciousness into a state-of-the-art robotic body or shell, as she was dying.
Unfortunately, Major lives in a world where the stakes are high. By day she runs her team on the streets, by night she is thwarting mind-hacking terrorists. Occasionally, Major gets memory flashes that make no sense. Why can’t she fully remember her past? Who wanted to keep her alive and why?
Interesting facts about Ghost in a Shell
- The casting team originally wanted Margot Robbie to play Major, but offered the role to Scarlett Johansson instead.
- Producers chose New Zealand as the location for Ghost in a Shell.
- Ghost in a Shell was an anime movie.