| Arch Angels | |
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 Japanese poster | |
| Directed by | Issei Oda |
| Produced by | Dai Miyazaki Kazunari Shibata |
| Written by | Manga: Izumi Kawahara Screenplay: Issei Oda Genki Yoshimura |
| Music by | METALCHICKS Silly Tsuji Ayano |
| Cinematography | Hirofumi Okada |
| Editing by | Daishi Takiishi |
| Distributed by | Albatros Film |
| Released | August 25, 2006 |
| Running time | 92 min. |
| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
| Trailer | |
Arch Angels (笑う大天使(ミカエル) Warau Dai Tenshi (Michael)), aka Warau Michael is a 2006 Japanese film based on a Izumi Kawahara manga and directed by Issei Oda. The story involves three friends at a prestigious catholic girl's school who are bestowed with super powers which they must use against a gang of kidnappers.
Plot[]
When Fumio's mother passes away she discovers that she has an older brother named Kazuomi. Kazuomi is very wealthy and decides to take care of his younger sister, sending her to a prestigious catholic boarding school, St. Michael's Academy. Fumio initially doesn't fit in with her new classmates but eventually finds two friends much like herself, Kazune and Yuzuko.
The three friends decide to maintain their polite demeanor around their other classmates, but in private they're openly brash, choosing to discuss trashy literature while eating chicken ramen and chocolate snacks. One day there's a strange chain of events which leaves the three of them with extraordinary powers such as super strength and the ability to control electricity. They initially use these abilities for fun and get themselves into trouble with their families and the school administration but when students of the school get kidnapped, they hunt down the captors and face off against them to rescue their terrified classmates.
Cast[]
- Juri Ueno ... Fumio Shijo
- Megumi Seki ... Kazune Saiki
- Airi Taira ... Yuzuko Sarashina
- Yusuke Iseya ... Kazuomi Shijo
- Toshinobu Matsuo ... Shunsuke Wakatsuki
- Rinko Kikuchi ... Nobuko Sakurai
- Brian Davis ... Mr. Lawrence
- Delcea Mihaela Gabriela ... Sister Malena
- Kei Kato ... Takashi Sarashina
- Aimi Satsukawa ... Shizuka Marikoji
- Mitsuki Tanimura ... Jinchoge
- Mayu Kitaki
- Tomomi Miyashita ... Lady Murasaki
- Taichiro Hirokawa ... Narrator
- Rinako Matsuoka
- Satomi Tezuka ... Fumio's Mother
- Natsuki Okamoto ... Sara
- Tokuma Nishioka ... National police agency director
- Aoi ... Ayano
- Haruka Kudo
- Nanase Iwai
- Erina Hayase
- Shuto Ito ... Yuzuko's mother
- Hitoshi Muraki ... Yuzuko's father
- Kanako Miyauchi ... Sakurako
OST[]
The album St. Wonder by METALCHICKS is generally considered the OST for Arch Angels but it does not include the three songs by Silly and closing credits song Soba ni Iru Kara by Tsuji Ayano.
- METALCHICKS
- Under the Dreadful Moon
- The Eye of the Evil's
- St. Wonder (Theme of St. Michael)
- Power to Girls
- Banquet Over Memory of My Mother
- Girl School
- We Are the Warriors
- Tears For Fears / Conspiracy
- Unbreakable Bond That Ties Two
- I'm Knotted in Love
- Silly
- Hate Me More Than Anything
- Shake Off Temptation
- Just A Little Mistake (remix)
- Tsuji Ayano
- Soba ni Iru Kara (ending credits)
External links[]
- Arch Angels review at Eigapedia