One of my favourite scenes in Kill Bill, Quentin Tarantino’s black comedy martial arts film, is the meeting of Beatrix ‘the Bride’ Kiddo, played by Uma Thurman, with sword-maker Hattori Hanzo at his scruffy sushi bar in Okinawa.
Hanzo: What do you want with Hattori Hanzo?
Kiddo: I need Japanese steel.
Hanzo: Why do you need Japanese steel?
Kiddo: I have vermin to kill.
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