Although he's a famously skilled and prolific killer, the character of Bill is not shown to kill anyone himself on screen. The only person he wounds on screen (Beatrix) survives. Outside in the snow, the Bride and O-Ren fight it out in a long and evenly-matched sword-fight. At the start of the fight, O-Ren casts doubt on the provenance of the Bride's sword. The Bride wins by slicing off the top of O-Ren's head; before she dies, O-Ren apologizes for an earlier insult and remarks that the sword must really be a Hanzo. Later, the Bride assembles her revenge list with O-Ren at the top, whose name the crosses out. a b Ogunnaike, Lola (October 13, 2003). "Gory 'Kill Bill' Tops Weekend Box Office". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 1, 2017 . Retrieved February 10, 2017. The music video made for ‘Telephone’ seems to share its general aesthetic with that of a classic Quentin Tarantino movie. In 2010, Gaga discussed the connections between Tarantino and the ‘Telephone’ production. “There certainly is a Tarantino-inspired quality in the video,” she said. “I mostly love the way he uses different forms to create something new.” The brothel segment where the Bride meets with Esteban Vihaio (Michael Parks) was the very last scene of the movie to be shot, which was filmed at an actual Mexican brothel and all of the female extras were actual prostitutes that worked at the brothel.

Although "Kill Bill" was meant to play as one whole movie, "Vol. 2" is unofficially Quentin Tarantino's first sequel. Quentin Tarantino in his conversation with Indian director Anurag Kashyap admitted that the celebrated manga animation-action sequence in Kill Bill was inspired from 2001 Hindi-Tamil film, Aalavandhan (2001) starring Kamal Haasan. Tarantino was quoted saying 'Yes, saw this Indian serial-killer film which showed violence as animated'. Gogo Yubari is not a real Japanese name. "Gogo" derives from Mach GoGoGo (aka Speed Racer), a Japanese anime that Quentin Tarantino liked when he was young. Yubari is the name of a small town in Hokkaido, northern Japan, that is famous for melons and film. Tarantino's first visit to Japan was to showcase Reservoir Dogs (1992) at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. In the original script, Bill told the Bride the story of Pai Mei in the jeep on the way to the temple. The name Hattori Hanzo was borne by four ninjas in feudal Japan but the most famous was born in the mid-16th century. As well as being an excellent strategist and a master of the spear, he and his ninja were instrumental in ushering in the Tokugawa Period of Japanese history (1603-1868).Warren Beatty was originally offered the role of Bill. After turning it down, he suggested to Quentin Tarantino that he use David Carradine. 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.

Quentin Tarantino originally intended to cast a Japanese actress to play O-Ren Ishii, but before casting began he saw Lucy Liu's work in Shanghai Noon (2000) and immediately changed O-Ren into a Chinese-Japanese American so that Liu could play the part. Quentin Tarantino: [Red Apple cigarettes] When the Bride arrives at the Tokyo airport, she walks in front of a Red Apple Cigarettes advertisement. Red Apple is a "Tarantino brand," one of several fictional products that are often seen in his films. Julie Dreyfus (Sofie Fatale) is the Red Apple model. Though never revealed in the film, the production photos reveal Bill's license plate number on his car: JE2336

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Playing Against Type: Most of Michael Madsen's other work is a variation on his most famous role, which was in another Tarantino movie, as a brutal psychopath and murderer. Here, he's part of a whole gang of psychotic murderers... but he's probably the sanest and least evil out of any of them. Lavin, Maud (2010). "Push Comes to Shove: New Images of Aggressive Women", p. 123. MIT Press, Cambridge. ISBN 978-0-262-12309-9.

Vernita Green's (Vivica A. Fox) original codename was 'Cobra' before it was changed to 'Copperhead'. Although the "Old Klingon Proverb": "Revenge is a dish best served cold" is from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), the quote is a paraphrase of a line from the book "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" (1782) by Choderlos de Laclos. The members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad are all named after snakes. Bill drives a De Tomaso Mangusta. "Mangusta" is Italian for "Mongoose" which are well-known for their ability to fight and kill venomous snakes, particularly cobras. Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner vs. Tom Hiddleston – The Avengers (2013) During the anime sequence explaining O-Ren's origins you briefly see that O-Ren's father held the rank of Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army.Played straight in Vol. 1 with Chinese martial artist Gordon Liu playing Japanese general of the Crazy 88s Johnny Mo, but averted in Vol. 2 when he plays Chinese Pai Mei. Director Cameo - Quentin Tarantino: When The Bride stands over the remains of the Crazy 88s, a masked Quentin Tarantino is among them. Defictionalization: On a meta level, the entire film has been described as the real-life version of Fox Force Five, the failed TV pilot that Mia Wallace in Pulp Fiction starred in, thanks to the number of similarities in their plots, characters, and general tone. Although The Bride has Hattori Hanzo craft her a sword to exact revenge against Bill and the Vipers, she only uses the blade to kill O-Ren Ishii. Jun Kunimura as Boss Tanaka, a yakuza whom O-Ren executes after he ridicules her ethnicity and gender.