Why was Gogo Yubari In Kill Bill?

Question

She was not necessary to the plot, had no history with Beatrix so why do YOU think that Quentin Tarantino put her in Kill Bill Vol 1.

Answer 1

None of the Crazy 88 has a specific background with Bea. The only ones from that crowd that have a specific background are O-Ren and Sophie.



The Crazy 88 and, specifically, Gogo, serve to show the kind of people that O-Ren has surrounded herself with. Gogo is young, but brutal. Sounds a little like O-Ren, who became a killer at a very early age.



Plus, Gogo and Jonny-Mo are excellent fighters and give some personality to the fight scenes. It's not just Bea fighting with a bunch of anonymous fighters.



Lastly, remember that Kill Bill is QT's homage to kung fu and samurai film genres. Watch any of those films and you will see similar characters.

Answer 2

Kill Bill Gogo

Answer 3

Gogo Kill Bill

Answer 4

Director Quentin Tarantino was a big fan or the Japanese movie Batoru rowaiaru (2000) aka Battle Royale....so he cast Chiaki Kuriyama (who played Takako Chigusa in Battle Royale... as Gogo Yubari.



Trivia...The character Gogo was originally written as two characters: the twin Yubari sisters, Gogo and Yuki. Gogo had almost no lines and after her death at the hands of The Bride, Yuki would seek her out, only to be killed as well, in the "lost" chapter "Yuki's Revenge". All of Gogo's dialogue in the final film would have been spoken by Yuki.



Additional Trivia...Gogo Yubari is not a real Japanese name. "Gogo" derives from Mach GoGoGo (aka Speed Racer), a Japanese anime that Quentin Tarantino liked when he was young. Yubari is the name of a small town in Hokkaido, northern Japan, that is famous for melons and film. Tarantino's first visit to Japan was to showcase Reservoir Dogs (1992) at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. When Tarantino planned to cast Gogo and Yuki Yubari, his first choices were Chiaki Kuriyama and Kou Shibasaki. Both had roles in the 2000 hit, _Batoru Rowaiaru (2000)_.







More additional trivia....When Chiaki Kuriyama (Gogo) was shooting the scene where she flings her ball and chain out, she accidentally hit Quentin Tarantino on the head while he stood by the camera.

Answer 5

QT was a huge Battle Royal fan (which is funny seeing how Battle Royal along with many other japanese movies seem to have low production value and don't seem that great next to American movies in general, but looking at the other movies QT honors in interviews, it seems he digs those kinds of movies) and Chiaki Kuriyama was in it, so seeing how he was fan he wanted to have one of the most favored actors/characters in his movie. Gogo was also an example to show what type of people O'ren kept around herself. Not to mention she was a tough and interestingly insane character, and showed a wild and scary fight for Beatrix to partake in. Notice how Gogo was the closest character coming to kill Beatrix in comparison to other characters in the movie so far? Yeah, it was there for tension. Plus adding her some lines and screen time, would at the very least make her interesting character.

Answer 6

She was a twisted henchman with a cool gimmick. It fits the genre formula QT et al was following. Plus the whole movie is what at least 4 maybe 6 hours. They had time for some extra fight. It'd be boring if the whole Crazy 88 (I think that was the gang) were all faceless thugs to get in Bea's way. Also it shows that Bea was willing to cut though whoever was necessary or got in her way to finish her list.

Answer 7

I believe that because she was young and close to O-ren Ishii they wanted to have her battle with the bride to show her perseverance and grit about seeking revenge. Essentially fighting a young character shows that the bride has no mercy and they make it seem like she felt bad about killing her. Also O-Ren seemed sad that Gogo was killed and as revenge for that she called in the crazy 88.

Answer 8

Gogo. There is something about her that indicates a mix of sadness, craziness, and pure brutality that i love

Answer 9

shes just one of those typical henchmen type characters that they always have in kung fu movies. theres always a bodyguard for the main villain, and thats what gogo is. plus, i guess quentin just decided he wanted some of that mace action in his film cos it was cool. thats mostly how it works with tarantino, if its cool he puts it in the film. and most of the time, it is cool

Answer 10

Didn't she just work for Lucy Liu's character? She's probably just something extra for Uma to kick a**!!!! Awesome scene..

Answer 11

Maybe he saw her in Battle Royale and thought she was great.