 During the sword ceremony scene when Sonny Chiba (qv)s character  Hattori Hanzo gives Uma Thurman his recently forged sword he tells  her "If, on your journey, you should encounter god, god will be cut"  which is a phrase taken from the Kinji Fukasaku (qv) film  _Makai tenshô (1981)_ (qv) (aka Samurai Reincarnation) when the  sword maker gives Sonny Chibas character Jubei a sword that he has  forged in order to destroy his undead enemies.