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Kite

1998·50 min

Kite

Directed by Yasuomi Umetsu

AnimationActionThriller

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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Sawa (voice)

Oburi (voice)

Akai (voice)

Kanie (voice)

Crew

Yosuke Moriguchi

Director of Photography

Screenplay

Osamu Koshinaka

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Producer

Original Music Composer

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Street Kid A / Boy (voice)

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Nobuyuki Takano

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Douglas Cartwright

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Gary Wynn-Jones

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Michiko Yamaguchi

Old Lady (voice)

Jackie Sylvester

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Richard O'Sallivan

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What is Kite about?

Kite (1998) is about 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.

Who directed Kite?

Yasuomi Umetsu directed Kite (1998).

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