The protagonist of the "Ghost in the Shell" live-action movie is not called "Kusanamoto Motoko", but is called "Sao Zuo"

After the

live-action movie "Ghost in the Shell" was released in 2015, it attracted the attention of many fans of the original. This sci-fi animation work is an immortal masterpiece in Japanese anime, and this live-action movie also invited Scarlett Johansson (the actor of the "Avengers" Black Widow), who will play the leading role in the movie. The value was mentioned very high from the beginning.

Yes, it is the "heroine". A producer of the film, Steven Paul (Steven Paul) confirmed in a recent interview: "The role played by Scarlett Johansson is called'Sao Zuo' in the movie, not as everyone knows in the original. "Motoko Kusanagi"." The role played by Scarlett Johansson

is called "Sao Zuo"

in the movie. Can this be understood as obscuring the image of Motoko Kusanagi? Of course, in the original work, Suzi's colleagues would also call her "Shao Zuo", which is her military rank.

Steven Paul believes that "Ghost in the Shell" is an "international world", not just limited to Japan, there are various people from all over the world, some from Japan and some from China , British, or American.

Based on the above statements, we can guess that "Ghost in the Shell" may be a major adaptation of the original. Of course, the term "internationalized world" does not deviate from the original work. "Ghost in the Shell" is a very diverse work. For example, Chinese elements, Chinatown, Cantonese, etc. are common in the original work.

animated film "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence."

some netizens have protested Scarlett Johansson's leading role in the movie-Motoko Kusanagi in the original work is Asian, why is it not now?

In this regard, Steven Paul said: "We are very, very cautious. There will indeed be new impressions in this movie, but when you make a movie, you must have your own things in it. We expressed our high respect for the original manga in the movie, and we believe that fans will be satisfied with this movie in the end."

"Ghost in the Shell" live-action movie is scheduled to be released in 2017.