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Yasuomi Umetsu (writer)
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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...
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Dark, erotic tale of underaged assassin
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Konami Yoshida | ... | Sawa (as Kotomi Naruse) |
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| 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) |
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Germany:50 min | USA:45 min (censored version) | 60 min (uncut version)
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France:-18 (cut) |
China:(Banned) |
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Australia:R (cut) |
Japan:R-18 |
USA:Unrated (director's cut) |
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New Zealand:R16 |
South Korea:18 (cut) |
Germany:18 |
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Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
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Director and storyboarder Yasuomi Umetsu's high octane visuals hang from KITE's basic, unoriginal storyline, but don't let that put you off this pleasing document.
An assassin forced to kill and driven into occasional sexual servitude by perverted bosses is the basic set-up of this excuse for subversion (nothing wrong with that).
That the assassin looks twelve (despite her concessionary breasts) is why KITE is questionable material in more conservative circles.
The shoot-outs are beautifully realized and the sound effects are sharp and effective. Umetsu has a passion for the domino effect of violence as one grisly atrocity begets another until the Tokyo streets and subways resemble a hellish inferno.
The erotic sequences, cut or softened in some versions, are as explicit as you can possibly get and gorgeously drawn.
The 2004 Kitty Media DVD (the only one to get) is totally uncut, as is a German disc released a couple of year's ago (sans English subs).
KITE is juvenile in spots, slow in others, but it's a good animated co-feature if you're thinking of screening Luc Besson's THE PROFESSIONAL for your comrades.