GKIDS announced it will bring Mamoru Oshii’s rarely screened early masterpiece Angel’s Egg to cinemas starting November 19. Forty years after the film’s original Japanese release, GKIDS is presents the all-new 4K restoration, which was supervised by Oshii, in North American cinemas nationwide for the first time.
First released directly to home video in 1985, the film was produced by Tokuma Shoten and is a creative collaboration between internationally acclaimed director Oshii (Ghost in the Shell), who wrote and directed the feature, and renowned artist Yoshitaka Amano (Final Fantasy, Vampire Hunter D). GKIDS highlights the film’s blend of Oshii’s thematic reflections on philosophy and theology with Amano’s distinctive ink painting style, culminating in an arrestingly beautiful hand-drawn allegorical fantasy.
Synopsis: In an underwater city, a young girl takes care of a large egg she holds carefully in her arms – a treasure that she believes is an angel’s egg. A boy with a gun arrives in search of a bird he saw in his dream. At first it seems as if feelings of sympathy are developing between the two. Then, one night, the boy crushes her precious egg.
The 4K restoration held an extensive debut at the Cannes Film Festival, with subsequent premieres at Fantasia Film Festival, Fantastic Fest and New York Film Festival upcoming.
The release marks the next collaboration between GKIDS and director Oshii, following GKIDS’ 2024 release of the 4K restoration of Oshii’s classic Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence.
