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Titolo: Kill Bill Uncut

Tarantino a la japonaise: Raw and bloody 
Naomi Tajitsu / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer 
Privileged audiences in Japan, you're in for a treat. Quentin 
Tarantino knows that we can take what he dishes out better than 
American or European audiences, so he's come up with an 
exclusive version of Kill Bill that is more vibrant and visceral 
than what the rest of the world is seeing. 
The Japan version, which will also be screened in other Asian 
countries, is only a minute or two longer than the American one, 
but according to producer Lawrence Bender, it packs a bigger 
punch. There are a few extra shots in different scenes, the 
anime sequence of O-Ren Ishii's (Lucy Liu) childhood is longer, 
and the entire House of Leaves scene, where the Bride (Uma 
Thurman) slices and dices the Crazy 88, remains in color 
throughout (as opposed to cutting to black and white and then 
back to color in the American version). In addition, the 
dedication in the opening credits to the late Kinji Fukasaku, 
the king of ultraviolence and one of Tarantino's great 
influences, is not included on the American version. 
Of course, images of dismembered corpses falling en masse into a 
bloody pool have more impact in color than in black and white, 
but while Bender admits the Japan version is more violent than 
the American one, he maintains that all the changes were made in 
the name of style and aesthetics. 
"Quentin just felt that stylistically, (it's what) the Japanese 
would want," explains the producer, who has been working with 
Tarantino since Reservoir Dogs. "It's just a vibrant, more 
aggressive feeling. It's a stronger feeling. With black and 
white, it gives it a different style. 
"By being in color, it hits you harder than in black and white," 
he continues. "The blood is red, as opposed to being black, you 
know, so it just hits you a little bit stronger in color. You 
see more detail in color." 
According to Bender, Tarantino had wanted to make a Japan 
version of Kill Bill from the beginning, out of respect to both 
the culture that inspired a considerable amount of the film's 
content and the land where much of the film's first installment 
takes place. Also, the version is a salute to the Japanese who 
worked on the film's crew and cast, including Shinichi "Sonny" 
Chiba, who plays Okinawan swordmaker Hattori Hanzo. 
The producer also explains that subtle differences between the 
violence in the two versions has a little to do with the common 
perception that Japanese audiences have a high tolerance for 
representations of violence. 
"People in Japan have grown up watching yakuza movies and 
watching more violent movies," he says. "They're not used to 
those kinds of movies in the United States." 
And then finally, the truth comes out. 
"Americans just can't take as much as the Japanese," Bender 
admits. 
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 Tarantino a la japonaise: Raw and bloody 
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'rcatr##a...
altro dvd da recuperare dal giappone  ^_^;
*partono una serie di bestemmioni*
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Patlabor

*partono una serie di bestemmioni*
Quelli di default, sempre.
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 influences, is not included on the American version.
Nella versione italiana da me vista al Barberini di Roma c'era il greetings
a Fukasaku e la scena in b/n del ristoraante quindi presumo che la nostra
sia una terza versione
Ciao