Japanese guitarist Tomoyasu Hotei composed the track for the 2000 yakuza film New Battles Without Honor and Humanity. Quentin Tarantino reused it in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 in 2003, where it accompanies O-Ren Ishii and her entourage entering a Tokyo restaurant. That placement introduced the riff to a global audience and fixed it in pop culture as shorthand for a stylish entrance. It has since been quoted in trailers, sports packages, parodies and edits whenever a creator wants instant Tarantino style tension without using dialogue.