O-Ren Ishii
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O-Ren Ishii is a deadly assassin and yakuza boss from Quentin Tarantino's film "Kill Bill," known for her mixed Japanese-Chinese-American heritage and iconic katana-wielding combat.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| O-Ren Ishii canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10997617 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: O-Ren Ishii Context triple: [Lucy Liu, characterPortrayed, O-Ren Ishii]
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A.
Mako Iwamatsu
Mako Iwamatsu was a Japanese-American actor and voice actor known for his distinctive gravelly voice and roles in films like "The Sand Pebbles" and "Conan the Barbarian," as well as for voicing Iroh in "Avatar: The Last Airbender."
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B.
Maki Goto
Maki Goto is a Japanese pop singer, actress, and former member of the idol group Morning Musume who gained prominence in the early 2000s.
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C.
Eri Kasamoto
Eri Kasamoto is a key playable character and demolitions expert in SNK's run-and-gun video game series Metal Slug.
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D.
Riko Shibata
Riko Shibata is a Japanese woman known publicly as the fifth wife of American actor Nicolas Cage.
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E.
Mako Komuro
Mako Komuro is a former Japanese imperial family member and niece of Emperor Naruhito who left royal status upon marrying commoner Kei Komuro.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: O-Ren Ishii Target entity description: O-Ren Ishii is a deadly assassin and yakuza boss from Quentin Tarantino's film "Kill Bill," known for her mixed Japanese-Chinese-American heritage and iconic katana-wielding combat.
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A.
Mako Iwamatsu
Mako Iwamatsu was a Japanese-American actor and voice actor known for his distinctive gravelly voice and roles in films like "The Sand Pebbles" and "Conan the Barbarian," as well as for voicing Iroh in "Avatar: The Last Airbender."
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B.
Maki Goto
Maki Goto is a Japanese pop singer, actress, and former member of the idol group Morning Musume who gained prominence in the early 2000s.
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C.
Eri Kasamoto
Eri Kasamoto is a key playable character and demolitions expert in SNK's run-and-gun video game series Metal Slug.
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D.
Riko Shibata
Riko Shibata is a Japanese woman known publicly as the fifth wife of American actor Nicolas Cage.
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E.
Mako Komuro
Mako Komuro is a former Japanese imperial family member and niece of Emperor Naruhito who left royal status upon marrying commoner Kei Komuro.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
assassin
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fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ yakuza boss ⓘ |
| affiliation | yakuza ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Kill Bill: Volume 1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kill Bill: Volume 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| backstory |
became an assassin at a young age
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witnessed her parents’ murder as a child ⓘ |
| codeName | Cottonmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commands | Crazy 88 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Quentin Tarantino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathBy | Beatrix Kiddo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCause | decapitation ⓘ |
| deathLocation | House of Blue Leaves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Beatrix Kiddo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
American
ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ Japanese ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Kill Bill: Volume 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
martial arts film character
ⓘ
revenge film character ⓘ |
| hairColor | black ⓘ |
| hasAnimatedBackstorySegment | true ⓘ |
| kills | O-Ren Ishii's parents' murderer ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| leadershipStyle | ruthless but controlled ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Bill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | live-action film ⓘ |
| memberOf | Deadly Viper Assassination Squad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese-American ⓘ |
| notableCostume | white kimono in House of Blue Leaves sequence ⓘ |
| notableScene | duel in the snow-covered garden at the House of Blue Leaves ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
expert swordsmanship
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strategic intelligence ⓘ |
| occupation |
assassin
ⓘ
crime boss ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Lucy Liu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Boss of the Tokyo yakuza
ⓘ
Queen of the Tokyo Underworld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| universe | Kill Bill universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| weapon | katana ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: O-Ren Ishii Description of subject: O-Ren Ishii is a deadly assassin and yakuza boss from Quentin Tarantino's film "Kill Bill," known for her mixed Japanese-Chinese-American heritage and iconic katana-wielding combat.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Elle Driver