Kill Bill Vol 1

Released: October 10, 2003

After awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.

Characters and their actors[edit]

Lucy Liu as O-Ren Ishii (code name Cottonmouth), a former Deadly Viper who has become the leader of the Japanese yakuza.
Julie Dreyfus as Sofie Fatale, O-Ren's lawyer, confidante, and second lieutenant. She is also a former protégée of Bill's and is present at the wedding chapel massacre.
Sonny Chiba as Hattori Hanzō, a sushi chef and long-retired master swordsmith.
Chiaki Kuriyama as Gogo Yubari, O-Ren's Japanese schoolgirl bodyguard.
Jun Kunimura as Boss Tanaka, a yakuza whom O-Ren executes after he ridicules her ethnicity and gender.
Kenji Ohba as Shiro, Hattori Hanzo's employee.
Kazuki Kitamura as Boss Koji, a yakuza working for O-Ren. He also appeared as Bodyguard #2 in O-Ren's army, the Crazy 88.
Yuki Kazamatsuri as the Proprietress of the House of Blue Leaves.
Sakichi Sato as "Charlie Brown", a House of Blue Leaves employee who wears a kimono similar to the shirt worn by the Peanuts character.
The 5.6.7.8's (Sachiko Fuji, Yoshiko Yamaguchi and Ronnie Yoshiko Fujiyama) as themselves, performing at the House of Blue Leaves.
Yōji Tanaka as Crazy 88 #3
Issey Takahashi as Crazy 88 #4
Juri Manase as Crazy 88 #6
Akaji Maro as Boss Ozawah
Ai Maeda as O-Ren (anime sequence) (voice)
Naomi Kusumi as Boss Matsumoto (anime sequence) (voice)
Hikaru Midorikawa as Pretty Riki (anime sequence) (voice)

2004 MTV Movie Awards
- Best Villain: Lucy Liu (Won)
- Best Fight: Uma Thurman vs. Chiaki Kuriyama (Won)