![]() ![]() Meaningful Name: "Akai" means "red" in Japanese, and Sawa's flashback sequences often involve red (sometimes blood-related) imagery.Market-Based Title: In Japanese, it's known as A KITE.Hypocrite: Both Akai and Kanie have Sawa assassinate corrupt cops and child molesters under the pretense of pursuing justice, when in reality they are corrupt cops themselves who have no qualms with raping underage girls.In addition, Akai is shot multiple times in the groin by Sawa near the end of the film.Happens to an unfortunate mook during a botched hit.Gorn: Sawa shoots her targets with exploding bullets.Very soon, Oburi will come home to us - right?" Sawa (to Oburi's cats): "Be patient, my friends. Tellingly, while the young boy screams and ducks, the young girl just calmly watches him as he walks away. He overreacts slightly by tossing the ball at the basket before shooting it with explosive ammunition. Foreshadowing: After meeting Sawa for the first time, Oburi is struck by a puddle of water from an errant basketball as he walks by a pair of children playing in an alley."Everybody Dies" Ending: Every main character save Sawa is dead by the end.Even worse, the last shot is of the door to the apartment opening, heavily implied to be the child assassin that killed Oburi coming to eliminate Sawa as well. Downer Ending: After they escape their former "guardians" to start a new life together, Oburi is ambushed and murdered by the same young girl he encountered earlier while Sawa patiently waits for him at home. ![]()
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