An R rated Kite is a bit like making a PG rated Robocop. The original is a Hentai -- that's pretty much the only reason it even existed is to be Porn.
There is no deeper meaning, the original is a graphically explicit "story" about an underage girl's sexual abuse by a pair of serial rapist cops. The presence of a "story" or even a SETTING is window dressing.
You remove that from the movie, and there's nothing left because everything else in the original was an EXCUSE to fill the rest of the time.
What's next, a PG rated version of Urotsukidōji? A G rated version of Akira?
Ghost in the Shell starring ScarJo? Oh...
There is no deeper meaning, the original is a graphically explicit "story" about an underage girl's sexual abuse by a pair of serial rapist cops. The presence of a "story" or even a SETTING is window dressing.
You remove that from the movie, and there's nothing left because everything else in the original was an EXCUSE to fill the rest of the time.
What's next, a PG rated version of Urotsukidōji? A G rated version of Akira?
Ghost in the Shell starring ScarJo? Oh...