Kick-Heart

The film animates a love story between a masochistic pro-wrestler and a nun with a clandestine wrestling career, set against the garish spectacle of the squared circle. Their backstage identities flirt with collision as the ring’s drama bleeds into their private lives. What could pass for a PG-13 parody of forbidden romance quickly slips into the kind of visual chaos that makes its own plot almost beside the point.

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Masaaki Yuasa directed Kick-Heart in 2013. See Masaaki Yuasa's full filmography, where to start with Masaaki Yuasa, or where to go after you've seen everything by Masaaki Yuasa.

Kick-Heart was released in 2013 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 13 minutes.