In Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: Volume 1, what is the name of the Tokyo nightclub where the Bride fights the Crazy 88?
Answer
The House of Blue Leaves
In Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: Volume 1, the Bride fights the Crazy 88 at the House of Blue Leaves.
The House of Blue Leaves is a Tokyo restaurant and nightclub controlled by O-Ren Ishii, the former Deadly Viper who has become a leading crime boss. The Bride travels to Japan to confront O-Ren, and the location becomes the setting for the film’s extended sword fight after the two women meet.
The battle pits the Bride against O-Ren’s army, the Crazy 88, as well as the schoolgirl assassin Gogo Yubari. It is one of the film’s most recognizable action sequences and combines martial-arts cinema, samurai imagery, anime, and stylized color design. The location’s name is often remembered incorrectly because it sounds like a generic club title, but the film identifies it as the House of Blue Leaves.
Kill Bill: Volume 1 was released in 2003. Uma Thurman plays the Bride, Lucy Liu plays O-Ren Ishii, and Chiaki Kuriyama plays Gogo Yubari. The second volume followed in 2004.