Boiling Point
– Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goe..
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.
Release Date:
19 Nov 1999
Language:
Japanese
MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated
Director:
Takeshi Kitano
Writer:
Takeshi Kitano (screenplay)
Main Actors:
Takeshi Kitano, Yûrei Yanagi, Yuriko Ishida, Taka Guadalcanal
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:
Swift Distribution
Ratings: