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66% Critic Match
Kite
“Dangerous things come in small packages.”
6.6 / 10• 1998• 50m•NR• Japanese
AnimationActionThriller
Storyline
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 & Crew
Konami Yoshida
Sawa (voice)
Lead
Kousuke Okano
Oburi (voice)
Kinryu Arimoto
Akai (voice)
Rokuro Naya
Kanie (voice)
Dai Matsumoto
Investigator (voice)
Rei Igarashi
Reporter (voice)
NH
Naho Hirokawa
Street Kid A / Boy (voice)
IS
Itsumi Sawada
Street Kid B / Girl (voice)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Yasuomi Umetsu's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Kite is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
