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Angel's Egg

Original title: Tenshi no tamago
  • Video
  • 19851985
  • 1h 11m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
9.5K
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Mako Hyôdô in Angel's Egg (1985)
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A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.
IMDb RATING
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    • Director
      • Mamoru Oshii
    • Writers
      • Yoshitaka Amano(story)
      • Mamoru Oshii(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Mako Hyôdô(voice)
      • Jinpachi Nezu(voice)
      • Keiichi Noda
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Mamoru Oshii
    • Writers
      • Yoshitaka Amano(story)
      • Mamoru Oshii(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Mako Hyôdô(voice)
      • Jinpachi Nezu(voice)
      • Keiichi Noda
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    • 40User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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    Angel's Egg (1985)
    Mako Hyôdô and Jinpachi Nezu in Angel's Egg (1985)
    Angel's Egg (1985)
    Mako Hyôdô and Jinpachi Nezu in Angel's Egg (1985)
    Angel's Egg (1985)
    Angel's Egg (1985)
    Angel's Egg (1985)
    Angel's Egg (1985)
    Angel's Egg (1985)
    Angel's Egg (1985)
    Mako Hyôdô in Angel's Egg (1985)
    Mako Hyôdô in Angel's Egg (1985)

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    Mako Hyôdô
    Mako Hyôdô
    • Girl
    • (voice)
    Jinpachi Nezu
    Jinpachi Nezu
    • Boy
    • (voice)
    Keiichi Noda
    • Narrator
    • (as Kei'ichi Noda)
    • Director
      • Mamoru Oshii
    • Writers
      • Yoshitaka Amano(story)
      • Mamoru Oshii(screenplay) (story)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Was released in Australia in an edited form under the title "In the aftermath: Angels never sleep" with some obscure live-action footage included.
    • Quotes

      Boy: I've seen a tree like this somewere... When was it? So long ago that I've forgotten... Under a sky where the clouds made sound as they moved. The black horizon swelled and from it grew a huge tree. It sucked the life from the ground... And it's pulsing branches reached up, as if to grasp something...

    • Alternate versions
      In the North Korean release, the names of the Japanese cast and crew names are written in Korean characters.
    • Connections
      Edited into In the Aftermath (1988)

    User reviews40

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    A stunning work of pure imagination
    Tenshi no Tamago - Angel's Egg - is a very rare type of movie. It is a movie that does not spell the plot out in big bold type. Instead the meaning of the story is told in symbolic imagery and left to the viewer to interpret and understand. Some believe it tells of the director's own loss of faith in religion, and society's blind devotion to belief in mythical and imaginary things.

    The film's visuals are utterly beautiful, with designs from Yoshitaka Amano, and with Mamoru Oshii's breath-taking direction in full force. The soundtrack too is sublime, composed by Yoshihiro Kanno and one of only a few he ever composed for movies.

    Films as meaningful, thoughtful, and beautiful as this should never be missed. If you value the art form of cinema, then watch Angel's Egg and be amazed. If you prefer wall to wall explosions then look elsewhere.
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    • kotatsu-neko
    • Aug 20, 2005

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    • Release date
      • December 22, 1985 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • El huevo del ángel
    • Production companies
      • Studio DEEN
      • Tokuma Shoten
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 11 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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