Stories from the set

Bill's gun is a Colt Single Action Army, the "Peacemaker."

In the final scene of the film, Uma Thurman sits on the couch in exactly the same way as her character in "Pulp Fiction" (1994).

The film was first shown in a city called Austin, Texas. It ended with a five-minute storm of unceasing ovations. The impression was so great that producer Harvey Weinstein refused to make any changes to the final version of the film.

The story of the fate of Master Pai Mei is told with the help of a flute to the music from the fairy tale by composer Prokofiev, "Peter and the Wolf." Pai Mei means "White Eyebrow."

The chapter "Yuki's Revenge" was cut from the film so that another chapter could appear—"The Massacre Between Two Pines," which shows in detail the attack on the Bride.

Chapter number 8 bears the proud title "The Lonely Grave of Paula Schultz." The chapter is named this way based on the 1968 film "The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz," a romantic comedy in which the role of Paula was played by Elke Sommer, and the role of Bill by Bob Crane.

The role of Master Pai Mei was intended by Quentin to be played by choreographer Woo-Ping Yuen, but due to his health he was unable to handle the proposed task. Ultimately, the role was played by Gordon Liu, who in the first part played the role of Johnny Mo, the leader of the Tokyo assassin clan.

One of the scenes Quentin wrote already during the filming of the movie. It replaced a rather risky moment involving L.F. O'Boyle. In the final version of the film, this scene became the Bride's recollection of one of the first murders committed by Bill himself.

Pai Mei appears in several Shaw Brothers films, including "Clan of the White Lotus" (1980).

Quentin Tarantino originally intended to create an imitation of Pai Mei's bad dubbing: while he speaks Cantonese, the viewer hears a dubbed English version. Tarantino planned to provide his own voice for the dubbing, but in the end decided that Pai Mei should speak his native language and the viewer should read subtitles.