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Kill Bill: Volume 1 is a 2003 American film directed and written by Quentin Tarantino. The movie stars Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, and Daryl Hannah. It was produced by Lawrence Bender through Miramax and A Band Apart, with cinematography by Robert Richardson and editing by Sally Menke. RZA composed the soundtrack, which was released as Kill Bill Vol. 1 – Original Soundtrack. The narrative, primarily in English and Japanese, is set in Mexico, Tokyo, and Texas, and was filmed in Los Angeles, Mexico, Hong Kong, and Japan.
The film has a runtime of 111 minutes and carries an R rating. It was inspired by Lady Snowblood and falls into genres including action, crime, thriller, martial arts, and samurai cinema. The production had a budget of $30,000,000 and generated $180,906,076 in revenue. Critical reception included an IMDb rating of 8.2, a Metascore of 69, and an 85% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The film received 30 wins and 103 nominations, including five BAFTA Award nominations.
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Film · TMDB
8.0An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
Cast
- Uma Thurman as The Bride
- Lucy Liu as O-Ren Ishii
- Vivica A. Fox as Vernita Green
- Daryl Hannah as Elle Driver
- David Carradine as Bill
- Michael Madsen as Budd
Themes
- martial arts
- japan
- kung fu
- sword
- yakuza
- sword fight
- revenge
- vigilante
- female yakuza
- samurai sword
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Ratings
IMDb
8.2/10
1,305,508 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
85%
Metacritic
69/100
- Year
- 2003
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 5 BAFTA Awards. 30 wins & 103 nominations total
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Encyclopedic overview
Kill Bill: Volume 1 is a 2003 American martial arts film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It stars Uma Thurman as Beatrix "the Bride" Kiddo, a mercenary who swears revenge on a group of assassins (Lucy Liu, Daryl Hannah, Vivica A. Fox and Michael Madsen) and their leader, Bill (David Carradine), after they try to kill her and her unborn child. Her journey takes her to Tokyo, where she battles the yakuza.
Kill Bill was inspired by 1970s exploitation films and martial arts films. It features an anime sequence by Production I.G and a black-and-white sequence. Volume 1 is the first of two Kill Bill films made in a single production; Volume 2 was released six months later. They were originally set for a single release, but the film, with a runtime of over four hours, was divided in two. This meant Tarantino did not have to cut scenes.
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