Kite (1998)

Original title

カイト

Directed by

Yasuomi Umetsu

Genre

film noir, hentai, action film, girls with guns, neo-noir, action anime and manga

Country

Japan

Runtime

50 min

Rated

R 18+

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 187 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl is forced to work as an assassin for a corrupt police officer. She is trained to kill targets in a city full of crime and violence.

tensebleakdarkly comicbrutalmelancholicurbanvisceralunsettlingnoirish

What happens

Kite, also known as A Kite (Japanese: A カイト) in Japan, is a 1998 adult original video animation written and directed by Yasuomi Umetsu. Two 25-minute episodes were released on VHS on February 25 and October 25, 1998, respectively. However, subsequent releases, including all three DVD releases in the United States, have edited the OVA into a film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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