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Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
Where Kill Bill: Volume 1 says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
A revenge story set across Japan, mostly shot in Los Angeles and on sets in Beijing
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Scenes and places
The wedding chapel in the desert
The Bride rehearses her wedding at a chapel in rural El Paso, Texas. Bill and the Deadly Vipers attack and shoot everyone. This is where her revenge begins.
Set in Wedding chapel, rural El Paso, Texas — A small chapel where the Bride rehearses her wedding and the Deadly Vipers attack.
A small desert chapel outside El Paso in the film's story.
Filmed at Sanctuary Adventist Church, Hi Vista, California (Antelope Valley, Mojave Desert, California, Hi Vista, United States) — Filmed at a church in the Mojave Desert near Hi Vista; the point is the town centre, not the church itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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A knife fight in a suburban kitchen
The Bride arrives at the home of Vernita Green, a former Deadly Viper now living a quiet suburban life. A knife fight breaks out and stops only when Vernita's young daughter, Nakia, comes home.
Set in Vernita Green's house, Pasadena, California — A suburban house in Pasadena where Vernita Green lives as a homemaker under another name. Google Maps · Apple Maps
An ordinary suburban street, which is the point of the scene.
Filmed at 5500 Atlas St, El Sereno, Los Angeles (El Sereno, Los Angeles, United States) — Filmed at a house on Atlas Street in El Sereno, not in Pasadena; the point is the neighbourhood centre, not the house. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Waking from the coma
Four years later the Bride wakes and discovers she is no longer pregnant. She fights her way out, takes a hospital worker's truck and vows to kill Bill and the other Deadly Vipers.
Set in Hospital, El Paso area — The hospital where the Bride lay in a coma and where she wakes.
A hospital in the film's Texas; the real building stood empty in Pasadena when the crew arrived.
The swordsmith of Okinawa
The Bride goes to Okinawa to get a sword from the legendary swordsmith Hattori Hanzo, who has sworn never to forge again. Learning that her target is Bill, his former student, he crafts his finest sword for her.
Set in Hattori Hanzo's shop, Okinawa — The sword workshop on Okinawa where the Bride asks the retired swordsmith for a blade. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A sword workshop in Okinawa in the film; the real set stood in Beijing.
Crossing the bay into Tokyo
The Bride's hunt moves to Tokyo, where O-Ren Ishii now leads the yakuza. A convoy of O-Ren's cars drives across the bay.
Set in Rainbow Bridge, Tokyo — The suspension bridge over Tokyo Bay where O-Ren Ishii's convoy of cars drives in. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A 1993 suspension bridge across Tokyo Bay.
Filmed at Rainbow Bridge, Tokyo (Tokyo Bay, Tokyo, Japan) — The bridge shots were filmed on the real Rainbow Bridge; the exact position of the bay tunnel is not given. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Night streets of Tokyo
A motorcycle rides through the streets of Tokyo, in the Shinjuku and Daiba districts, while the film closes in on O-Ren Ishii.
Set in Shinjuku and Daiba, Tokyo — Tokyo streets in the Shinjuku and Daiba areas where a motorcycle rides through the city. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Waterfront Daiba and busy Shinjuku, two very different sides of Tokyo.
Filmed at Daiba Station area, Tokyo (Daiba, Tokyo, Japan) — A motorcycle ride was filmed on the streets around Daiba Station. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Shinjuku, Tokyo (Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan) — The article also names Shinjuku; no street is given. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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A crossroads made to look like Tokyo
At a Tokyo intersection a car stops beside Sofie Fatale's car. The street is a downtown Los Angeles one made over with Japanese signs.
Set in A Tokyo intersection — A crossroads where a car stops next to Sofie Fatale's car.
A downtown Los Angeles intersection by a tunnel mouth, dressed as Tokyo.
Filmed at 2nd Street and Figueroa Street, Los Angeles (Downtown, Los Angeles, United States) — Filmed at the entrance of the 2nd Street Tunnel in downtown L.A., dressed with Japanese signs and traffic lights because Tokyo could not be closed off. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Under the Tokyo overpass
O-Ren's car drives through a tunnel and under an elevated road in Tokyo, as the Bride closes in.
Set in A road under a Tokyo overpass — A road beneath an elevated highway and a tunnel through which O-Ren's car drives.
A road tunnel beneath the runway of Los Angeles airport.
The House of Blue Leaves
The Bride tracks O-Ren Ishii to a restaurant and amputates the arm of her lawyer, Sofie Fatale. She then fights through O-Ren's elite squad, the Crazy 88, and her bodyguard Gogo Yubari.
Set in House of Blue Leaves, Tokyo — The restaurant in Tokyo where O-Ren Ishii holds court and the Bride fights the Crazy 88.
A Tokyo restaurant in the film that never stood in Tokyo.
The snowy hill by the hospital
After the fight at the restaurant, the story moves to a snow-covered hill by a Tokyo hospital's emergency entrance.
Set in Hill by a Tokyo general hospital emergency entrance — A snowy hill outside the emergency entrance of a Tokyo general hospital.
A snowy hill in the film; the snow and signs were added to a Los Angeles hill.
Characters
- The Bride — A former Deadly Viper who wakes from a coma and sets out to kill the squad and its leader, Bill.
- Bill — The leader of the Deadly Vipers.
- Vernita Green — A former Deadly Viper who now lives a normal suburban life.
- Hattori Hanzo — A legendary Okinawan swordsmith who has sworn never to forge a sword again.
- O-Ren Ishii — A former Deadly Viper, now the leader of the Tokyo yakuza.
- Sofie Fatale — O-Ren's French majordomo and lawyer.
- Elle Driver — A Deadly Viper who prepares to kill the Bride in her hospital bed.
Questions answered on the map
- Which scenes of the film's Tokyo were really filmed in Los Angeles?
- Where was the House of Blue Leaves really built?