The film’s director Rupert Sanders and its cast, including Scarlett Johansson, Juliette Binoche and Pilou Asbaek, will visit Korea on March 17 to promote the film.

The film will hit US theaters on March 31 and Japanese theaters on April 7.

Scarlett Johansson stars in “Ghost in the Shell.” (Paramount Pictures)

A promotional clip highlighting major points in the film was also released Wednesday, featuring Johansson’s character jumping off a building to face the truth about her identity.

Johansson plays The Major, a cyborg counter-cyberterrorist field commander leading a task force to thwart cyber criminals and hackers who are intent on sabotaging Hanka Robotics’ artificial intelligence technology.

The film is a remake of the Japanese anime by Masamune Shirow first serialized in 1989. Films, television series and video games subsequently followed in the franchise.

Best known to international audiences for his striking performance as a vengeful prisoner in the 2003 Park Chan-wook thriller “Oldboy,” Choi plays Byun Jong-goo, the ambitious mayor of Seoul running for his third term, in the upcoming film. He also starred alongside Hollywood starlet Scarlett Johansson in the French film “Lucy”.

The trailer features the unknowable and multifarious politician Byun, who in one moment addresses citizens in a heartfelt speech, then steps off the stage saying it is nothing but an orchestrated show.

“Making everybody believe, that’s what an election is,” Byun says in the trailer. “It’s like retrieving a pearl from a pool of feces.”

The film marks Choi’s first portrayal of a politician in his 28-year career. The film will also feature Kwak Do-won of last year’s “The Wailing (Goksung)” as Byun’s jaded aide and head of campaign.