O-Ren Ishii

O-Ren Ishii was one of the main villains of the Kill Bill series.

She was portrayed by Lucy Liu.

History
O-Ren Ishii was a half - Chinese / Japanese American who was born by an American Chinese man and Japanese woman. When she was 9 years old, her parents where brutally murdered under the orders of a deadly Yakuza leader known as Boss Matsumoto and swore revenge. Two years later when she was 11 years old she became a student under Hanzo Hattori, a famous swordmaker and swordsman. Since Matsumoto was a pedophille, she killed him by gutting him on the bed with her sword. By the time she was 20 years old, she became one of the world's top deadly assassins because of her expertise in sword fighting and she eventually became part of The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad where she was code-named Cottonmouth.She left her squad behind and became the head of the Tokyo Yakuza with the help of Bill who was her leader of the Deadly Viper Squad. She even has her own bodyguard army known as the Crazy 88 and her own personal bodyguard name Gogo Yubari.

Personality and Skills
For being born an American, O-Ren was very skillful in speaking English as well as Japanese, her native language. She was extremely proud of her heritage and will not hesitate to kill anyone especially her own subordinates who dared to insult her family heritage because she loved her parents very much and she wanted to respect and honor their deaths. She does however allow her subordinates to speak their minds about her plans if they are not convinced, as long as it is in a respectful matter.

Plot
During her visit at a Japanese club, The House of Blue Leaves, she was pursued by The Bride since she is part of The Bride's assassination list. During her encounter with The Bride, she had Gogo and the Crazy 88 fight against The Bride while she makes her quiet escape. However, The Bride managed to kill nearly all of O-Ren's bodyguards and finally caught up with her. Outside the club, O-Ren and The Bride engaged in combat with their swords in the snow. As the fight resumes, O-Ren injuried and mocked the The Bride by calling her a " Silly Caucasian girl who plays with Samurai swords" which leads her to recieve a wound from The Bride. She apologizes for her earlier insult, and The Bride forgave her, but she kills O-Ren by cutting the top of her head off. In her last, dying breath she utters,"That really is a Hattori Hanzo sword" after being close enough to see the symbol and for feeling the sharpness of the blade.