Ishii Sogo in Kill Bill?! / Recent news

[Mark Mays]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Brown" <the8thsamurai at hotmail.com>
To: <kinejapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 6:25 PM
Subject: Ishii Sogo in Kill Bill?! / Recent news


> I saw Kill Bill last night - but don't worry, I'm not going to try and
> start a thread on it.
> What I do want to ask regards the inclusion of Ishii Sogo's name in the
> "thank you" list in the end credits (it was certainly a much more shocking
> "twist" for me than the one in the severed storyline). Does anyone know
> what his involvement in the film was, if any?

I don't think Ishii was involved in the production. IIRC Tarantino talked in
interview about his love for the young lions doing the "ultra-violent" genre
movies in Japan and name checked the usual suspects. He talked about being
influenced by Takashi, etc.

I also recall seeing that much of the stunt crew that worked on Kill Bill
were involved with Kitamura Ryuhei's movies. Any confirmation of this?