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Boiling Point (1990)
3-4 x jûgatsu (original title)

96 min  -  Action | Comedy | Crime  -   15 September 1990 (Japan)
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Two disquieted junior baseball players seek revenge on the local yakuza for attacking their coach.

Director:

Takeshi Kitano

Writer:

Takeshi Kitano (screenplay)

Stars:

Takeshi Kitano, Yûrei Yanagi and Yuriko Ishida
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Boiling Point -- Directed by Takeshi Kitano. After their baseball coach is severely injured by the yakuza, two boys seeking revenge travel to Okinawa to buy a gun and become involved with a deranged gangster with his own plans for retribution.
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Takeshi Kitano ...
Uehara (as 'Beat' Takeshi)
Yûrei Yanagi Yûrei Yanagi ...
Masaki (as Masahiko Ono)
Yuriko Ishida Yuriko Ishida ...
Sayaka
Gadarukanaru Taka Gadarukanaru Taka ...
Takashi Iguchi (as Takahito Iguchi)
Dankan Dankan ...
Kazuo (as Minoru Iizuka)
Eri Fuse Eri Fuse ...
Fumiyo
Makoto Ashikawa Makoto Ashikawa ...
Akira
Hiroshi Suzuki Hiroshi Suzuki ...
Takuya
Tsumami Edamame Tsumami Edamame ...
Saburou (as Takahiko Aoki)
Bannai Matsuo Bannai Matsuo ...
Naoya (as Kenzo Matsuo)
Rakkyo Ide Rakkyo Ide ...
Hajime (as Hiroshi Ide)
Meijin Serizawa Meijin Serizawa ...
Makoto
Kengakusha Akiyama Kengakusha Akiyama ...
Gas Pump Attendant
Naoko Shinohara Naoko Shinohara ...
Sumiyo
Etsushi Toyokawa Etsushi Toyokawa ...
Okinawa-Rengou Kumichou
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Storyline

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. Written by Todd K. Bowman <tkbowman@aol.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Yakuza | Revenge | Gun | Gangster | Baseball  | See more »

Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

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Also Known As:

3-4x10 wol See more »

Box Office

Gross:

$1,471 (USA) (16 May 1999)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Bandai Visual Company, Shochiku-Fuji Company, Yamada Right Vision Corporation See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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References Pierrot le Fou (1965) See more »