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Angel's Egg (1985)
Tenshi no tamago (original title)

71 min  -  Animation | Drama | Fantasy  -   25 December 1985 (Japan)
7.4
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A mysterious young girl with a large egg and a soldier meet and reveal uncomfortable occult secrets to one another in a lonely, beautiful, surrealist land populated only by restless shadows and an abandoned gothic / victorian town.

Director:

Mamoru Oshii

Writers:

Yoshitaka Amano (story), Mamoru Oshii (screenplay), and 1 more credit »

Stars:

Mako Hyôdô, Jinpachi Nezu and Kei'ichi Noda
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Cast

Credited cast:
Mako Hyôdô Mako Hyôdô ...
Girl (voice)
Jinpachi Nezu Jinpachi Nezu ...
Boy (voice)
Kei'ichi Noda Kei'ichi Noda ...
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Storyline

a young girl is the sole protector of a very precious, large egg. her lair is near a large, abandoned, decaying gothic city inhabited by restless shadows. a mysterious young man arrives one day, and eventually wins her trust. they converse sparsely about obscure philosophical and theological topics, and she shows him some astonishing fossils and works of historic and scientific art. the ending is a bit shocking, and very ambiguous, leaving many unanswered questions and tons of room for interpretation. Written by Rev. Elgaroo Brenza  

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Gothic | Egg | Fossil | City | Night  | See more »

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Animation | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

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Also Known As:

L'oeuf de l'ange See more »

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Studio DEEN, Tokuma Shoten See more »
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Trivia

The fish the fishermen hunt are Coelacanth. See more »

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...
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Connections

Referenced in Ghost in the Shell (1995) See more »