He is as quick-witted as he is deadly.
He is the master of the five-point-palm exploding heart technique.
His impact can be felt in both film and music.
TIGER-STYLE. TIGER-STYLE!
Legend says he's
lived for over a thousand years.
He is Pai Mei. Supreme warrior of the
martial arts of Bak Mei kung-fu.
Pai Mei was introduced to a generation of
moviegoers as the mysterious trainer of
Beatrix kiddo in Quentin Tarantino's
revenge masterpiece "Kill Bill".
Pai Mei trained Beatrix in his unique style
kung-fu, including the five-point palm
exploding heart technique.
Beatrix remains the only student of his
bestowed such an honor. What many viewers
may not realize is that the character of
Pai Mei appeared in several kung-fu
movies depicting Imperial China made
decades earlier. Pai Mei is a Shaolin
priest convinced his style of kung-fu is unbeatable.
THE DISCIPLES ARE NOW WELL AWARE OF THE FACT THAT MY KUNG-FU IS UNBEATABLE.
He is a eunuch whose five-point-palm
exploding heart technique kills a person
slowly and painfully. He gleefully taunts
his opponents before and even during
battle.
The character of Pai Mei may can be traced beyond cinema
to an ancient
Shaolin monk known as Bak Mei, which
literally means "white eyebrow".
This explains Pai Mei's appearance.
Bak Mei became infamous for betraying the
Buddhist sect of Shaolin.
WE SHAOLINS NEVER HURT YOUR CLAN. WHY DO YOU WANT TO FIGHT US?
MY WHOLE PURPOSE HERE IS TO KILL YOU BOTH AND WIPE OUT THE WHOLE LOT OF YOUR SHAOLIN CLAN.
When the leader of the Shaolin Temple died he overlooked Bak Mei as a successor.
The vengeful warrior then swore his allegiance to the Qing, in a war that saw the massacre of many
Shaolin monks. His treachery is
considered by many to be the single
greatest tragedy in the history of all
of kung-fu.
He is the Judas of Shaolin mythology. Pai Mei first appears in "The Executioners of Shaolin"
and "Shaolin Abbot" as the cruel
master who mocks the heroes.
MY TIGER KUNG-FU IS BETTER THAN YOURS.
Representing the ultimate villain to be stopped in the name of retribution and honor.
Pai Mei is more mysterious when he appears next in "The Clan of the White Lotus".
While the character calls himself Pai Mei, he is in fact the classmate and twin of the treacherous master felled
in "The Executioner's of Shaolin".
I WANT REVENGE. YOU BOTH KILLED MY CLASSMATE,  PAI MEI, THE PRIEST.
The baton passes seamlessly as this new Pai Mei is just as arrogant, vicious and skilled as the previous.
HOW DARE YOU CHALLENGE ME WITH YOUR SO-CALLED KUNG-FU? YOU DON'T HAVE A CHANCE!
Pai Mei is ultimately defeated when his rival learns a more feminine form of kung-fu, which segues perfectly into the femme
fatales of "Kill Bill". How Pai Mei survives
through the centuries to continue
teaching kung-fu is just another layer
of mystery surrounding this legend.
And when Quentin Tarantino needed to cast Pai Mei, he chose the man who played so many
of his opponents: Gordon Liu. While "Kill
Bill" saw Pai Mei succumbing to poisoned
fish heads, many aficionados of the genre believe that this character still lives
and they're counting the days until he
returns to our screens
OH, COME ON. LET'S DO IT AGAIN.
