Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
A woman seeks vengeance for her attempted murder and the murder of her unborn child.
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Characters/Groups
Bald Guy (Sushi Shop) - Kenji Oba
Tokyo Business Man - Yoshiyuki Morishita
Crazy 88 1 (Miki) - Tetsuro Shimaguchi
Cray 88 6 (Girl) - Juri Manase
Young 88 (Spanked Boy) - Hu Xiaohui
The 5, 6, 7, 8's - Sachiko Fujii
The 5, 6, 7, 8's - Yoshiko Yamaguchi
The 5, 6, 7, 8's - Ronnie Yoshiko Fujiyama
Okinawa Airline Ticket Agent - Shu Lan Tuan
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Detailed Synopsis
The Bride lays on the ground bloody as Bill (Kill Bill)|Bill walks up. He wipes up some of her blood and sweat with his handkerchief and as she tells him her unborn child is his, he shoots her in the side of the head.
Chapter 1, entitled 2...In Pasadena, California, The Bride arrives at the home of Vernita Green. She rings the doorbell and Vernita answers the door and they start fighting. As they are fighting, a school bus drops off Nikki Bell. Nikki walks in and asks Vernita why her and the house is in disarray and Vernita tells Nikki, her dog Barney got in the house and messed it up. Verdina and The Bride talk with Nikki until Verdina tells Nikki to go to her room. The Bride and Vernita sit and talk and Vernita apologizes for what she and the others did to The Bride. They agree to meet later to finish the battle, but The Bride kills Vernita with a knife when Vernita attempts to shoot her. Nikki walks into the kitchen and The Bride tells her if she grows up and still feels she needs to get even against The Bride for killing Vernita, to find her. On a notebook, The Bride strikes out Verdina's name, the second on her list.
"For those regarded as warriors...When engaged in combat...the vanquishing of thine enemy can be the warrior's only concern. Suppress all human emotion and compassion...kill whoever stands in thy way, even it that be Lord God or Buddha himself. This truth lies at the heart of the art of combat."
Chapter 2, entitled The blood-splattered Bride...four years and six months earlier in El Paso, Texas, Earl McGraw arrives at the scene of a shooting at a church. Edgar Parks walks up to him and tells him about the crime scene, including nine bodies. Earl McGraw walks into the church and thinks the massacre was conducted by professionals, probably members of the Mexican Mafia. Earl walks over to The Bride and Edgar notes how she obviously was going by a fake name and have been referring to her as "The Bride". As Early is bent over The Bride, she spits up and Earl realizes she isn't dead. Elle Driver walks into the hospital where The Bride has been taken to. Elle changes into a nurses outfit and prepares a poison to be injected into The Bride. She walks into The Brides room, who is comatose, and as she is about to inject her with the poison, Bill calls her and calls off The Brides assassination. Four years later, The Bride wakes up and starts to cry when she feels her now empty belly. She hears someone coming and mimics being asleep. Buck (Kill Bill)|Buck walks in with Trucker and Trucker pays $75 in order to have sex with The Bride. Buck lays down the rules and then tells Trucker he will be back in twenty minutes. As Trucker tries to kiss The Bride she bites his lower lip. She chews out his throat and tries to walk, but her legs are not yet awoken from her long coma and non-use. She takes Truckers pocket knife and as Buck walks into the room, she cuts his Achilles tendon. She drags Buck towards the door and then starts slamming the metal paneled door against his head and the door jamb. She has a flashback to Buck raping her and kills him by slamming his head hard with the door. She steals his glasses, keys, and scrubs and uses a wheel chair to find Buck's vehicle, which she finds when she sees a truck with the words "Pussy Wagon" which matches his keychain. She climbs into his truck and works on getting her toes to work.
Chapter 3, entitled The Origin of O-Ren...The Bride relays the back story of O-Ren Ishii and then after thirteen hours, is able to use her legs once more. She goes to Okinawa after buying a one way ticket from Okinawa Airline Ticket Agent.
Chapter 4, entitled The Man From Okinawa...The Bride goes to a sushi shop owned by Hattori Hanzo. He yells out to Bald Guy (Sushi Shop) to bring some tea out, but the Bald Guy complains he is watching his soap operas. Hanzo compliments The Bride on how well she says Japanese words. Hanzo once again yells at Bald Guy to bring some tea and Bald Guy complains that he always has to get the drinks while Hanzo cuts the fish. Hanzo asks The Bride what she is doing in Okinawa and she tells him she is there to see Hattori Hanzo and to get Japanese steel to settle a score. They go upstairs and Hanzo shows her his collection of swords he has made and kept. He tells her he no longer makes swords and she tells him, she is seeking revenge against Bill. Hanzo agrees to make the sword and suggests she practice for the month it takes to make it. One month later, Hanzo and Bald Guy ceremoniously present a sword to The Bride.
Chapter 5, entitled Showdown at House of Blue Leaves...a year after the massacre in El Paso, Bill supported O-Ren Ishii in her war against the other Yakuza overlords. The Bride describes the members of O-Ren Ishii's posse including Sofie Fatale, Gogo Yubari, who once stabbed a Tokyo Business Man for flirting with her, and Johnny Mo. The Bride relates the story of the night O-Ren assumed power of the Yakuza council. Boss Tanaka slams his hand on the table and Boss Benta asks why the outburst. Boss Tanaka asks why they are celebrating and accuses the council of being perverted. Boss Honda demands Boss Tanaka apologize, but Boss Tanaka continues to insult O-Ren and Boss Ozawah tells him he is insulting the council. O-Ren asks Boss Tanaka to speak his mind and he once again insults her. O-Ren then runs across the table and cuts off Boss Tanaka's head in front of Boss Orgami and the rest of the council. O-Ren then tells the council the subject of her ancestry is not to be discussed ever again in a negative manner. The Bride takes a flight to Tokyo, Japan, and as she pulls up next to Sofie at a red light, she has a flashback to the time when Sofie took a call while beating her at the massacre. O-Ren and her Crazy 88 walk into an izakaya run by Proprietor and welcomed by her and Charlie Brown (Kill Bill)|Charlie Brown and where The 5, 6, 7, 8's are playing. The Bride sees them walk in and follows them towards a private room. O-Ren senses something and throws a dagger threw the thin wall and sends Gogo to look. Gogo searches outside the room, but returns when she doesn't see anything. As The Bride is changing, she hears the same ring tone .