Some fun facts about Kite you may or may not have known:
No Doubt copied many of scenes from Kite for their Ex-Girlfriend video
Sawa makes a cameo in Yasuomi Umetsu's next project Mezzo Forte
When asked about a sequel for Kite, Yasuomi Umetsu commented that he wouldn't mind doing it...but no word as of yet as to whether or not it will happen (Update! I think the word is Yes! to a Kite sequel)
Kite is actually pronounced Key-tayh and means something like bird of prey
Contrary to the American version, Sawa is actually 16 and the younger version of her is around 11 or 12