An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
Direction
Tarantino's chapter structure turns revenge into operatic serialized pulp.
Practical Effects
Real blood geysers, real wire work, real consequences—no digital cowards here.
Cinematography
Anime interlude and silhouette fight: textbook visual rule-breaking.
Director
Quentin Tarantino
Uma Thurman
The Bride
Lucy Liu
O-Ren Ishii
Vivica A. Fox
Vernita Green
Daryl Hannah
Elle Driver
David Carradine
Bill
Michael Madsen
Budd
Julie Dreyfus
Sofie Fatale
Chiaki Kuriyama
Gogo Yubari
Sonny Chiba
Hattori Hanzo
Gordon Liu Chia-Hui
Johnny Mo
Michael Parks
Earl McGraw
Michael Bowen
Buck
Jun Kunimura
Boss Tanaka
Kenji Ohba
Bald Guy (Sushi Shop)
Yuki Kazamatsuri
Proprietor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Crazy 88 fight was so violent the MPAA threatened an NC-17; Tarantino 'compromised' by making it black-and-white in America.
The House of Blue Leaves sequence pays direct homage to Lady Snowblood, the 1973 Japanese revenge film that essentially birthed this entire subgenre—and which Tarantino screens for cast before shooting.
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