Boiling Point
1990 · Movie · NR · 96 min · ★ 6.9 · 89% critics
A baseball player and gas-station attendant clashes with local yakuza trouble and tries to protect himself by going to Okinawa to get a weapon. There, he connects with a tough gangster who’s deep in debt and planning revenge, pulling him further into the underworld’s violent games.
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Details
- Original title
- ３－４Ｘ１０月
- Years
- 1990
- Release date
- 1990-09-15
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Critic score
- 89/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (220 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a gritty yakuza tale with dry, black comedy and unpredictable violence, but Not for you if you need a clear, steady story or want to avoid disturbing abuse themes like in Violent Cop or Fireworks.
Pros: gripping dark drama; sharp black humor; lots of tension | Cons: slow or dragging pace; genre-switching can confuse; includes disturbing abuse
Themes
- japan
- police
- gun
- gangster
- baseball
- yakuza
- gore
- car crash
- okinawa
- revenge
- interracial relationship
- drinking
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Yûrei Yanagi
as Masaki
Yuriko Ishida
as Sayaka
Takeshi Kitano
as Uehara
Guadalcanal Taka
as Takashi Iguchi
Dankan
as Kazuo
Makoto Ashikawa
as Akira
Hisashi Igawa
as Otomo
Johnny Ohkura
as Minamizaka
Eri Fuse
as Fumiyo
- KT
Katsuo Tokashiki
as Tamagi
Directed by Takeshi Kitano