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Kite

1998 · 50 min

This is a relentless, hyper-stylized descent into brutal violence and moral ambiguity.

Directed by
Yasuomi Umetsu
Genres
Animation, Action, Thriller
Starring
Konami Yoshida, Kousuke Okano, Kinryu Arimoto
Tagline
Dangerous things come in small packages.
Overview
Sawa, orphaned as a child by murderous thugs, now targets the scourge of society as a trained killer for a mercenary syndicate. Coquettish and capable of unimaginable violence, she's grown into the perfect weapon — but doubt takes hold in Sawa's mind when her fellow assassin, Oburi, decides he wants out.

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Directed by
Yasuomi Umetsu
Genres
Animation, Action, Thriller
Starring
Konami Yoshida, Kousuke Okano, Kinryu Arimoto
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • violence
  • corruption
  • betrayal
  • death
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action8.5
Horror6
Humour1
Realism3
Romance1.5
Tension9
Darkness9.5
Complexity7.5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
animation, action, thriller
Directed by
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Written by
Yasuomi Umetsu
Starring
Konami Yoshida, Kousuke Okano, Kinryu Arimoto, Rokuro Naya, Dai Matsumoto, Rei Igarashi, Naho Hirokawa, Itsumi Sawada
Music
An Fū
Cinematography
Yosuke Moriguchi
Runtime
50 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese, English

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