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The language thing. Hattori Hanzo compliments her on her Japanese “…you say arigato, like we say arigato…” in contrast to Pai Mei who tells her “your mandarin is terrible, you bray like an ass!” after having only said one word. And the general contrast between how Hanzo treats her with almost reverence and is so polite, while Pai Mei treats her like a dog and is insulting to her in virtually everything he says. Also everyone else probably noticed this too, but the first and last word in Japanese that Bea says in the “Man from Okinawa” scene is “Domo” (thanks).
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Excellent observation. 