ultragaijin
04-07-2003, 07:14 PM
'XXX' Director Flies Japanese 'Kite' Remake (http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=filmNews&storyID=2518282)
"XXX" director Rob Cohen will shoot a live-action version of the Japanese anime cult classic "Kite."
The original anime "Kite" feature -- written and directed by Yasuomi Umetsu in 1998 -- follows Sawa, a young woman orphaned following the murder of her parents and then taken off the streets by a crooked, Svengali-like detective who employs homeless children to do his dirty work. Trained as a killer, Sawa exacts street justice against the detective's chosen targets until she is able to break free of the abusive, manipulative control he has over her.
The new live-action version will keep "Kite's" "highly stylized anime look" and "beautiful but deadly action sequences," according to producer Anant Singh, but will forgo the more "graphic adult situations" found in Umetsu's film.
"XXX" director Rob Cohen will shoot a live-action version of the Japanese anime cult classic "Kite."
The original anime "Kite" feature -- written and directed by Yasuomi Umetsu in 1998 -- follows Sawa, a young woman orphaned following the murder of her parents and then taken off the streets by a crooked, Svengali-like detective who employs homeless children to do his dirty work. Trained as a killer, Sawa exacts street justice against the detective's chosen targets until she is able to break free of the abusive, manipulative control he has over her.
The new live-action version will keep "Kite's" "highly stylized anime look" and "beautiful but deadly action sequences," according to producer Anant Singh, but will forgo the more "graphic adult situations" found in Umetsu's film.