Japan Synopsis
カイト
Sawa may seem innocent and naive, but don’t be fooled. She is a cold-blooded killer, and if you’re on the wrong side of the law, you may be her next target. Not content to just watch as the imperfect justice system lets more and more criminals go loose every day, a detective decides to train the young Sawa to be his instrument of justice.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Kite. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From ARMS
Animation + Crime in Japan
125 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Kite itself).
The 1997–1999 Japan Window
Kite holds position #93 of 162 Japan films in the 1997–1999 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s Japan Landscape
1998 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 62 titles released, including Kite. Bars below show how the 1990s stacked up year by year (447 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 61 other Japan films in 1998.
The 1138th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
110 audience reviews — more than 78% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 83th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Kite, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- pedophilia · 2
- pedophile · 2
- orphan · 27
- teenage girl · 22
- vigilante · 12
- killing · 10
- hentai · 7
- anime · 711
- revenge · 210
- adult animation · 101
- rape · 64
- gore · 51
- assassin · 47
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,924 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (36th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,887 of 2,532 (top 75%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | Japanese, English |
| Production Companies | ARMS, Green Bunny, Studio Beam |
| Runtime | 50m |
| Release Date | February 25, 1998 |
| IMDb | tt0246734 |