Shogun Assassin, QT took much from this film

Rating: Null/10 (15 October 2003)

Shogun Assassin is a film from 1980 that has to be one of the best Samurai films ever. However it is not for the squeamish, and the violence like Kill Bill is almost comical, like when Vincent Vega accidentally blew the back seat passenger's head off in Pulp Fiction.
QT borrowed a lot from this movie, and I think in a positive way. A lot of the underlying plot, and most of the technical aspects in terms of the violence come straight from Shogun Assassin.
If you have seen neither film, I urge you to rent Shogun Assassin first, and show it to whoever you want to go see Kill Bill with. It maybe hard to find at a Blockbusters, but it may save you the cost of two admission tickets when your date walks out half way through the movie because of the blood.