Boiling Point
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Boiling Point (1990)

15/09/1990
Crime, Comedy, Drama, Action
1h 36m

Overview

Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get a gun to defend himself. There he meets Uehara, a tough gangster, who is in serious debt to the yakuza and planning revenge.

  • Takeshi KitanoDirector, Screenplay
  • Original Title

    3-4X10月

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Japanese

Keywords

  • japan
  • police
  • gun
  • gangster
  • baseball
  • yakuza
  • gore
  • car crash
  • okinawa
  • revenge
  • interracial relationship
  • drinking
  • tragic event
  • yen

Top Billed Cast

Yûrei Yanagi

Yûrei Yanagi

Masaki

Yuriko Ishida

Yuriko Ishida

Sayaka

Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano

Uehara

Guadalcanal Taka

Guadalcanal Taka

Takashi Iguchi

Dankan

Dankan

Kazuo

Makoto Ashikawa

Makoto Ashikawa

Akira

Hisashi Igawa

Hisashi Igawa

Otomo

Johnny Ohkura

Johnny Ohkura

Minamizaka

Eri Fuse

Eri Fuse

Fumiyo

Katsuo Tokashiki

Tamagi

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