From all the movies I've seen in my entire life, this scene is one of my very favourites. You could think that nothing happens here, but the moment she says his name and everything stops, thats just magic. Also, one sentence is enough to make you understand there is a story behind with Hanzo and Bill that could worth a movie itself, and it's expressed in a couple seconds. I've heard (don't know if true) that sushi is actually bad in Okinawa, that means Hanzo opened his restaurant there so no one would go to see him.

I love the way she plays a naive, almost ditzy American then the tone changes drastically

"If you were general, I'd be EMPEROR!" What a slapback! This scene had me bawling with laughter.

This is legitimately one of the best scenes Tarentino has ever shot. The shifts in tempo and tone are so sudden yet seamless. Jarring but subtle. From when Beatrix ducks under them when they’re arguing, to her attempting to hide the fact that she speaks Japanese fluently... but there’s so much more. Hattori throwing the knife back on the shelf, keying you into his talents. It’s all top notch story telling. The sake bottle breaking in the back when she says that she’s looking for Hatori Hanzo (which tells you that his assistant is really paying attention and genuinely thought she was suspicious). This whole scene tells you SO much without any real exposition. You could write nearly a whole movie about Hatori from this one scene alone. Just a master class. And combined with the next scene... I mean wow. On the whole both Kill Bills, but especially volume 1, are more fun than great. But this 10 minute stretch should go on Q’s career highlight reel.

This scene has a spiritual feel to it

The best scene in the movie RIP Sonny Chiba

I don’t know why I always come back to this scene. It’s beautiful. I always wanted to wield a samurai 🗡.

My dad and i used to watch this movie when i was young and told me not to tell my mom. But i wanted to watch it cause the fight scenes were cool and i wanted a samurai sword. lol Now as a adult, i got my sword and shared memories of watching Kill Bill with my father. We still watch both movies.

ill never forget seeing this in the movie theater and being the only one in the theater freaking out that sonny chiba was in the film

One of my favorite scenes in the movie. The tone immediately changes once she says: "Hattori Hanzo". Also, the dialogue! Hum! Top-notch! 😘😘😘

uma's performance of wonder and reverence for the swords really delivers the Hanzo reputation here and through the whole franchise

Three things I love about this scene. 1) Hattori Hanzo is a master class at flirting. 2) When she ducks under his arm, she totally gave herself away but they failed to spot it. Even though she dropped the role at that point. 3) The look on his face when the penny finally drops.

Here's a fun fact in the scene where he shows her his work, the swords All of them have the handles facing to the left, this is due to during times of War the handle would be facing out to the right making it easer and faster to draw in the case of an attack.

This scene is a gift to the ears.

Hattori Hanzo has such charisma

I like how: after finding out the "vermin" was Bill, he not only took back his reluctance to give Bride a sword, he went and made a whole new one!

One of my all-time favorite parts from all movies. Just brilliant.

(Super insignificant detail I noticed only now after learning Japanese many years after seeing this movie) Hattori Hanzo says "You must have big rats" because Beatrix is literally said "because there are mice I want to slay."

Wheb she says "hattori hanzo"..u can hear bald dude drop a bottle of sake in the background 😂

She plays the blonde American tourist so well even tho everytime he turns to yell at his assistant she laughs bc he's not looking at her and she can understand what he's saying the whole time, that's why I love the, "I'm not bald I shave" moment so much bc she laughs even tho she isn't suppose to know what he's saying buts it too funny not to laugh at

Sonny Chiba is literally acting with his finger at the end of this scene with his back to the camera. Now that's something.

I'm reminded, oddly, of a scene from a Star Trek novel. It tells the story of a master swordsmith who met a man of peace and became ashamed of his life's work of making killing weapons - so much so that he began to buy his swords back and melt them down. The man of peace intervened, telling him that the swords were too beautiful to be destroyed, regardless of their purpose. They were works of art in their own right. I could see Hanzo reaching a similar point in his life, where Bill (and Budd) using his swords as instruments of murder for hire moved him to never make another one. He truly pours his heart into making the sword for Beatrix, as a way of trying to atone for what he sees as his past sins. Beatrix wants a sword from him because she needs one and his are the best. Even so, she is clearly in awe of the beauty of his work. Even Budd is impressed by it, describing it to Elle as "the greatest sword ever made by a man". The sword helps Beatrix survive long enough to face Bill, though it isn't how she ends up killing him.

One of the things I love most about this scene is the choice to have her wear something that was SUPER tourist-y in the early 2000's - not just for Americans, but for Japanese people visiting Okinawa. There's a character in Azumanga Daioh that takes home a similar shirt as a souvenir in an issue published long before the movie came out.

Rest In Peace Hattori Hanzo (Shin'ichi Chiba) サムライソードスミス

Sonny Chiba is so legendary

When you hear the dish break in the next room it has this dream like strangeness of Japanese culture...very well written.

i think it's cool that he throws the baseball for a test. Katanas are actually hard to cut with , so her being able to cut the baseball shows true skill.

That bald guy! That’s space sheriff Gavan!!!!!!

And his son now plays Roronoa Zoro in One Piece

Paying a visit to Hanzo was my favorite part of these movies. All it took was Bill’s name to get him to come out of retirement to create his best sword ever.

You know, I'd love to know what Bill did to piss him off so badly.

And the way at the end of the scene she comes over and erases even the smallest part of his name written on the glass till there is absolutely nothing shows her devotion and commitment to completely destroying him and everything he's ever built for what he did and what he took from to her

Sonny Chiba.....WOW!! Very nicely acted. Thoroughly engrossing.

I'm not bald, okay? I shave my head. Do you understand? 😂😂

This is my favorite scene in the two movies.

Perfect scene

Hatori Hanzo....silence....glass shatters....epic details and so much inner meaning. Hell of a classic.

Hanzo having a conversation between English and Japanese with his assistant was really hilariously funny!!! I barely held in the laughter every time I watch this scene.

It's Mackenyu's father 💚

love this Scene!!!!!!!!!!

That head swivel by uma though

I tried this in Osaka and now I'm an happy katana possessor

I have to say these movies are all about layed characters but Damn this one hits different, he has such a calming yet pained demeanor to himself, like he used to really like his work but he now.....hes so racked with guilt to the point to were hes in hiding and he wants nothing more then to forget the past, to bad you cant forget the things that made you who you are today no matter how much you dont want to remember

I just love the lazy soap opera binging server. You underrrstannnnd lol

first time seen in theatre. moved me so much. searched for that song everywhere. got it. went straight on my phone to the cloud. one of the best scenes ever. watch on hd. the light. this will go down in history as an example of perfection. the sword coming out. the sound. the music. i lika baseball.. the dot on the I must have been generated. but so perfect.. i have seen this on my bluray so many times. absolute perfection. should be on a loop at an art house... i missed the double feature in L.A. cemetary. one of the greatest songs rip sonny

comment section under literally EVERY kill bill clip: "BEST SCENE EVER"

Pure magic

4:30 I love how he switches to Japanese just because she knows the name Hattori Hanzo (or maybe she said the name perfectly).

Whenever i see a samurai sword, i always say, this isnt a hatorri hanzo sword.

I like how he refuses to even speak his name and instead chooses too write it as if hes about as ashamed of bill as he is of his work and his knowing of the oath he now has too break.

I echo the best scene statement, especially Hittori's warm sake response VERY GOOD.

Yo, the assistant is Space Sheriff Gavan!

Beautiful

5:11 The best!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amo❤

What is the name of the song that starts at 5:16??

Wow Beatrix Kiddo went from “just a few words I learn from yesterday” to a full conversation in Japanese in 2 minutes no wonder why she is the black mamba

I love that shit she does with her hair

That might be the greatest scene Tarantino had ever shot.

I have a theory! Hanzo swore to never make anything that kills people so he set out through violent or nonviolent means to collect the swords he had created. Save two. Bill and his brothers. Hence Hanzo agrees to help!

there is just one thing wrong with this Hattori Hanzo throws the knife backwards perfectly, but in the very next scene, it's slanted

Hattori's bald assistant is his partner, Hattori Hanzo is gay. Because he mentions that they have been together for 30 years preparing food and serving drinks and then Hattori says that he retired 28 years ago. It was something similar to Beatrix, he found love and decided to retire from making swords to live with his partner.

I count 4 racks of 7 swords. Dude keeps 28 swords for "aesthetic and sentimental value" something else I notice, on the window pane he writes on. Look at it compared to the other window panes. Before he writes it already looks smeared. This indicates either the addition of substance to write in, or multiple takes. Possibly both.

Up to 4:10 mark; And THAT boys, suckered, simps, chumps, dorks and losers, is the flirty, bubleheaded, girly-girl, silly-blonde, Honey-Trap approach. I love the change in demeanor and countenance when she "has the [a]gend[a] - reveal party "balloon pop."

Lots of work went in the ocean in the 40s

What is the song that plays here when she gets the sword

I never got the appeal of katanas before this movie.

This is the only one of the many Hattori Hanzo scene uploads, which translates the "if you were a general, I would be an emperor" line correctly. All the other ones butcher that punchline.

this a whole ass vibe

I swear Quentin Tarantino only became a filmmaker so he could watch the greatest actors of all time act in person

I want that shirt

Anyone know what the tune is when she enters the loft?

Can someone please explain the whole i'm not bald i shave my head line. It just comes from nowhere. Am I missing something here. Is it like a line Hanzo is saying like "move your bald head" that don't translate well or something like that?

Domo? Arigato? Mister Roboto?

I need that shirt!!

Does anyone understand why Bill being a former student means Hanzo has an “obligation” to give her a sword? I always assumed it was just some unspoken history or implied understanding we’re supposed to infer. But it seems like the sword being used on a former student would be even more reason not to give one, so I always kinda wondered if I was missing something there.

The assistant is Uchuu Keiji Gavan

I would love to go down there love their culture but I think they wouldn't except me

What is the name of the song when Beatrix is with Hanzo on the katana room?

track name for the fist song with the kid singing? I'd be grateful for it's been stuck in my head all day...

dotting the i was the most japanese touch

How do they miss that deft ninja move when she dodges their arms?

if you would be general id be the emperor if one of them alone is priceless what do you do with 20 of them?

I did wonder why he had her pick a different sword from the rack.

A life's work and she made noise with a sheath?

I just wish wish wiiiiish that they used the okiwanan dialect. Instead of the mainland japanese one. Other than that 10/10.

"i need some japanese steel"... that means differently in brazzer

I’d love to own a samurai sword

I never understood this, is he supposed to be the actual hattori or a descendant of that historical figure?

Bob fucken lee

Dunno if this has been answered but the kanji behind Hattori Hanzo is 砕生夢死 or "Suiseiboshi" which means to live your life without legacy or meaning. Wasting your time drinking and achieving nothing. This is where we find Hattori Hanzo. At his rock bottom.

Minute 5:10 what's the name of this song?

7:23 they couldnt wipe the freaking dust off the sword before filming it close? Wtf Tarantino

@7:40 ohh me too.

I'm not bald I shaved my head LOL!!!

Why tarantino is the best;

This woman is really not a strong actress. It's almost like Tarantino was trying to make a point by starring her in all his movies opposite all those other incredible actors. And boy is he succeeding.