Kill Bill: Volume 1 -

Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, David Carradine Plot Summary

A suburban mother whom the Bride confronts in a brutal house fight. Kill Bill: Volume 1

Now the head of the Tokyo underworld. The film climaxes at the House of Blue Leaves , where the Bride takes on O-Ren’s personal army, the Crazy 88. Production & Style Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A

Tarantino utilizes vibrant color, high-contrast black and white, and an iconic anime sequence to tell O-Ren Ishii's backstory. The film climaxes at the House of Blue

Overview Release Date: October 10, 2003 Director/Writer: Quentin Tarantino Genre: Martial arts action, revenge drama

A former assassin known as (Uma Thurman) awakens from a four-year coma after being attacked on her wedding day by her former employer, Bill (David Carradine), and his "Deadly Viper Assassination Squad". Fueled by revenge for the loss of her unborn child and her former life, she creates a "death list" of five targets. Volume 1 focuses on her pursuit of the first two names:

The film is a "love letter" to grindhouse cinema, specifically 1970s kung fu, Japanese samurai films (like Lady Snowblood ), and Spaghetti Westerns.