2003 · 111 min · R

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Name: Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Genre: Action, Crime
Released: 2003
Duration: 111 min
Cast: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine

Directed by Quentin Tarantino · Action, Crime

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) is a Action film, directed by Quentin Tarantino set in Tokyo during the 1990s–2000s. It runs 111 minutes and is rated R.

A martial arts and organized crime, with a tense and darkly comic tone. Themes of revenge play out through non linear / fractured timeline.

Composer

RZA

Cinematography

Robert Richardson

Cast

Uma ThurmanLucy LiuVivica A. FoxDaryl HannahDavid CarradineMichael MadsenJulie DreyfusChiaki Kuriyama

The world of this film

Setting

Where

Tokyo

Setting

Urban Rural

When

1990s 2000s

Premise & themes

Premise

Martial Arts Organized Crime

Themes

Revenge

Structure

Non Linear / Fractured Timeline

Tone

TenseDarkly Comic

Shape

Protagonist

Solo LeadFemale Led Antihero

Pacing

Propulsive

Based on

Pure Fiction

1962
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1948
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1969
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Premise & themes

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