Pai Mei (Chinese: ﾙﾽﾜﾉ; Wade-Giles: Pai Mei; pinyin: Bￃﾡi Mￃﾩi; literally White Eyebrow) is a fictional character popularized in the west by Kill Bill (2004), a film by Quentin Tarantino. The character is a stereotypical elderly martial arts master based on Bak Mei, a historical martial artist from China.
Pai Mei (as played by Gordon Liu) is presented as the master who taught Beatrix Kiddo, Bill, and Elle Driver. Gordon Liu previously starred...
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Pai Mei (Chinese: ﾙﾽﾜﾉ; Wade-Giles: Pai Mei; pinyin: Bￃﾡi Mￃﾩi; literally White Eyebrow) is a fictional character popularized in the west by Kill Bill (2004), a film by Quentin Tarantino. The character is a stereotypical elderly martial arts master based on Bak Mei, a historical martial artist from China.
Pai Mei (as played by Gordon Liu) is presented as the master who taught Beatrix Kiddo, Bill, and Elle Driver. Gordon Liu previously starred as the hero fighting Pai Mei in Hung wen tin san po pai lien chiao (1980). Kill Bill's version of Pai Mei is significantly less villainous than the one in the other movies, where the character is portrayed as ruthless and traitorous to his country. Though he is still a ruthless, foul-tempered and brutal individual with little compassion or respect for human life, Tarantino's version of Pai Mei is also shown to be a warrior who respects and is fond of people of strong moral character and integrity, such as Beatrix Kiddo, his finest student.
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