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Angel's Egg

Original title: Tenshi no tamago
  • Video
  • 1985
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 11m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
11K
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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.

  • Director
    • Mamoru Oshii
  • Writers
    • Yoshitaka Amano
    • Mamoru Oshii
  • Stars
    • Mako Hyôdô
    • Jinpachi Nezu
    • Keiichi Noda
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    11K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mamoru Oshii
    • Writers
      • Yoshitaka Amano
      • Mamoru Oshii
    • Stars
      • Mako Hyôdô
      • Jinpachi Nezu
      • Keiichi Noda
    • 47User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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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)
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    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
      • Mamoru Oshii
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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 reviews47

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    7/10
    Beautiful visuals
    "Maybe you, I, and the fish only exist in the memory of a person who is long gone. Maybe no one really exists and it's only raining outside."

    Beautiful, evocative visuals, but a slow, rather opaque story, one that's awash in Christian and apocalyptic symbolism. You can decide for yourself what it all means, or that it means nothing, and it's only raining outside.

    My take: In this world of shadows, fossils, and death, the only hope for new life lies in the egg the girl carries around, similar to Noah's ark after the flood. In this telling of the tale, though, the Christ or God-like figure tells her that the doves don't return to the ark, and later crushes the egg. It seems rather dark and pessimistic - and yet, life seems to have a way of bubbling to the surface on its own, and when viewed from a distance, the world and all its troubles seem rather small.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 22, 1985 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • 天使之卵
    • 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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