Kite (1998) (V)

Director:

Yasuomi Umetsu

Writer:

Yasuomi Umetsu (writer)

Genre:

Animation | Thriller | Crime

Plot:

Sawa is a school girl, an orphan, and a hitman. She's under the control of Akai and Kanie, who give her targets to kill...

Plot Keywords:

Hitman | Target | Friendship | Accidental Suicide | Torture

Cast

Konami Yoshida	...	Sawa (as Kotomi Naruse)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Scott Bailey	...	Detective 1 (voice: English version)
Shane Callahan	...	Oburi (voice: English version)
Ann Connel	...	Old Lady (voice: English version)
Chuck Denson Jr.	...	Kanie (voice: English version) (as Charles Denson Jr.)
Bob Edwards	...	Detective 2 (voice: English version)
Les Jenkins	...	Molester (voice: English version)
Paul Johnson	...	Prosecutor, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Jeff Johnston	...	Comedian A (voice: English version)
Heather Laska	...	Reporter (voice: English version)
Michael Leigh	...	Manager (voice: English version)
Marc Matney	...	Comedian B (voice: English version)
Tamara Burnham Mercer	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Sean P. O'Connell	...	Investigator (voice: English version)
David Alan Pickelsimer	...	Boy (voice: English version) (as David Pickelsiemer)
Kevin Potts	...	Bodyguard 3 (voice: English version)
David Richani	...	Bodyguard 1, Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Daniel Richani)
J.R. Rodriguez	...	Bodyguard 2 (voice: English version)
Rachel Seidman-Lockamy	...	Girl (voice: English version)
Rick Sisk	...	Twin B (voice: English version)
Susan Somerz	...	Office Girl (voice: English version)
Larry Tobias	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Dave Underwood	...	Akai (voice: English version)
Charlie Watson	...	Sawa (voice: English version)

Directed by
Yasuomi Umetsu

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Yasuomi Umetsu		writer

Production Management
Clark Cheng	....	assistant production manager
Sam Liebowitz	....	production manager

Other crew
Scott Simpson	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Beam Entertainment
• Green Bunny

Distributors

• Kitty Media (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• Kitty Media (2002) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Kite (Greece) [el]
Kite - Ein gefährliches Mädchen (Germany) [de]

Runtime:

Germany:50 min | USA:45 min (censored version) | 60 min (uncut version)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

France:-18 (cut) | China:(Banned) | Sweden:(Banned) | Norway:(Banned) (uncut version) | Australia:R (cut) | Japan:R-18 | USA:Unrated (director's cut) | USA:Unrated (cut) | USA:Unrated (uncut) | New Zealand:R16 | South Korea:18 (cut) | Germany:18 | USA:Unrated

Company:

Beam Entertainment

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

amazing

wow, this anime is one of my favorites. the action sequences rule and it has the greatest animation. you just fall in love with the main character as she kills but at the same time remains cute. i wish all animes were like this.