---
title: 'Kick-Heart (2013)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Masaaki Yuasa'
released: '2013-05-01'
runtime_minutes: 12
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/kick-heart-2013'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2753048/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Kick-Heart (2013)

2013 · 12 min · Comedy, Action, Romance · Japan


## Synopsis

Kick-Heart  is a 2013 Japanese anime short film that uses surreal-psychedelic animation and storytelling to tell a love story between a professional wrestler and a nun. The film was directed by Masaaki Yuasa through Production I.G studios, who ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the short. The short screened on Toonami in 2013 and has screened at several festivals such as the BFI London Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Masaaki Yuasa](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaaki-yuasa)
- **Screenplay:** [Masaaki Yuasa](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaaki-yuasa)

## Cast

- [Yoshihisa Kawahara](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshihisa-kawahara)
- [Kokoro Kikuchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kokoro-kikuchi)
- [Wataru Takagi](https://cinepixo.com/people/wataru-takagi)
- [Patrick M. Seymour](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-m-seymour)
- [Yūko Kaida](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuko-kaida)
- [Natalie Hoover](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalie-hoover)

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