The tone of this version is more akin to a Luc Besson action thriller with the feel and perhaps budget of a South African action film, which makes sense considering that the film was shot in location in Johannesburg. Here, the live action adaptation takes that content down nearly all the way and focuses on the matter at hand: a young assassin’s quest for revenge while trying to take down a human trafficking ring. Having never seen the original anime directed by Yasuomi Umetsu, from what is known this live-action adaptation is quite toned down as the anime’s controversy revolved around some pretty graphic sexual content. However, as Sawa continues her mission, she receives help from another young assassin, Oburi, who not only has rescued her on numerous occasions, but may be the key in Sawa’s quest to avenge her parents. Until Sawa’s arrival, things had went smoothly. To make money, the Numbers Gang has taken it upon themselves to delve into human trafficking. Six years has passed and now, she begins her quest to find out who her parents’ killer is and must learn the reason behind it while she continues doing jobs for Aker.Īker is attempting to take down the Numbers Gang, a menace to society since the major financial collapse that has rocked the city. Taken under the wing of her father’s ex-partner Karl Aker, Sawa has become a deadly assassin. Video from Movie Trailers youtube.Based on the controversial 1998 Japanese anime, this action thriller delves into the complicated world of a teen female assassin.Īt the age of 12, Sawa saw her parents viciously murdered. It will be showing on Octoin Philippine cinemas nationwide.Ĭredits: Photos and interview text from PR of Captive Cinema. ‘’KITE’’ released and distributed by CAPTIVE CINEMA. I rarely update or check them though, but I’m trying haha. The twitter is and Instagram is india_joy93. I’m a tad horrible with the whole social media thing to be honest but, I do have a twitter and Instagram. Where can your fans follow you on social media? How long did it take to film and where did you film?įilming took about 2 1/2-3 months. So I would say that towards the end of filming, physically it was very difficult as I was quite ill at the time, a few of the night shoots were particularly tricky. Not in the least bit, but that worked I think. Which looking back, I think that it shows that it was not a plushy set. Well, physically things were a bit difficult as, the locations were quite gritty and not the most “comfy” of places.

What was you’re most challenging scene to film as an actress on this film? He had me doing martial arts and weapons training, knives and guns mainly, which I thoroughly enjoyed! Such a great person, he was amazingly patient with me haha. I trained for 3 months with this wonderful stunt coordinator, who unfortunately didn’t work on the film, Jeff Imada. Kite has a lot of action scenes can you tell us a little bit about your preparation for the scenes. I hope to work with him again at some point haha He’s a very giving actor and really a comfort to have around because he brings all of his years of experience, that professionalism. She believes that with every kill she is getting closer to killing the emir and therefore avenging her parents. Her “guardian” is a corrupt cop named aker, and he supplies her with a memory erasing drug called amp, which he makes sure she takes in order to complete these killing assignments that aker arranges for her. She believes they were killed by a man called the emir. Sawa, is a young girl, she’s an orphan, her parents were killed when she was very young. So I went in, didn’t hear back for two years, then got a call from my manager saying they had offered me the role.Ĭan you tell us a little bit about you’re character Sawa? I got called in to audition for kite in 2010, and I didn’t really know anything about it, other than what was written in the description which was just, young female assassin haha. Can you tell us about how you got the role of Sawa and what made you interested in the role? Your new movie “Kite” is based off the popular Anime/Manga.

That’s when I started auditioning really. And I became interested in acting professionally, when I was around 12 years old. When did you fall in love with the art of acting and how long have you been acting? India talks about of what it was like working alongside critically acclaimed actor Samuel L Jackson for Kite as well as highlights of her career in 2014 in this interview: Now, she stars in the movie Kite based on the ground-breaking Japanese Anime as Sawa, a emotionless killing machine. The 20-year-old American actress India Eisley is best known for her role as Ashley Jurgen in ABC’s family drama series – The Secret Life of the American Teenager and for her vampire role of Eve in Underworld: Awakening.

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