Boiling Point

Name: Boiling Point
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1999-11-19
Duration: 1 h 36 min
Rating: 6.80
Cast: Taka Guadalcanal, Yuriko Ishida, Yûrei Yanagi, Takeshi Kitano

– Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goe..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

6.80 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 36 Minutes

Release Year:

1990

Original Name:

３－４Ｘ１０月

Boiling Point (1990) - Also known as ３－４Ｘ１０月

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.

Styles:

Dark Humor, Semi Serious, Humorous, Exciting, Realistic

Story Timeline:

1980s

Producing Country:

Japan

Filming Locations:

Japan, Asia

Genre:

Comedy, Crime, Action, Thriller, Drama

Boiling Point (1990) - Trailer

Release Date:

19 Nov 1999

Language:

Japanese

MPAA Content-Rating:

Not Rated

Boiling Point

Directed by:

Takeshi Kitano

Story Written By:

Takeshi Kitano

Main Actors:

Taka Guadalcanal, Yuriko Ishida, Yûrei Yanagi, Takeshi Kitano

Plot:

Two members of a Japanese junior baseball team get mixed up with the local yakuza. After their coach is severely injured by the gangsters, the two boys set off to Okinawa to purchase a gun in order to get revenge. While in Okinawa they get befriended by a psychotic yakuza outcast who is planning a revenge of his own.

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations.

Production Company:

Swift Distribution

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

6.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes:

94%