# Kick-Heart (2013)

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**Original title**: *キックハート*
**Runtime**: 13 min
**Genres**: Animation, Comedy, Romance
**Directed by**: Masaaki Yuasa
**Written by**: Masaaki Yuasa
**Starring**: Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Takako Honda, Wataru Takagi, Yuhko Kaida, Miyuki Satou, Shinobu Matsumoto

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

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.

**Mood tags**: playful, sexy, unhinged

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