Kite (1998)

Name: Kite
Genre: Action, Animation, Thriller
Released: 1998-02-25
Duration: 50 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Konami Yoshida, Kousuke Okano, Kinryu Arimoto, Rokuro Naya, Dai Matsumoto

Dangerous things come in small packages.

Released 25 February 1998
Runtime 0h 50m
Director Yasuomi Umetsu
Genres Action Animation Thriller
Rating 6.6/10 (189 votes)

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Konami Yoshida as Sawa (voice)
Kousuke Okano as Oburi (voice)
Kinryu Arimoto as Akai (voice)
Rokuro Naya as Kanie (voice)
Dai Matsumoto as Investigator (voice)
Rei Igarashi as Reporter (voice)
Naho Hirokawa as Street Kid A / Boy (voice)
Itsumi Sawada as Street Kid B / Girl (voice)
Hiroshi Aida as Comedian A (voice)
Nobuyuki Takano as Comedian B (voice)
Douglas Cartwright as Bodyguard A (voice)
William Rain as Bodyguard B (voice)
Gary Wynn-Jones as Bodyguard C (voice)
Michiko Yamaguchi as Old Lady (voice)
Jackie Sylvester as Twin A (voice)
Richard O'Sallivan as Twin B (voice)

Crew

Yasuomi Umetsu Director
Yosuke Moriguchi Director of Photography
Hiroshi Honda Editor
An Fū Original Music Composer
Osamu Koshinaka Producer
Taro Miyabi Producer
Yasuomi Umetsu Screenplay

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