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Boiling Point (1990)

3-4 x jûgatsu (original title)
Not Rated | | Action, Comedy, Crime | 19 November 1999 (USA)
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Two disquieted junior baseball players seek revenge on the local yakuza for attacking their coach.

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Takeshi Kitano

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Takeshi Kitano (screenplay)

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Takeshi Kitano, Yûrei Yanagi, Yuriko Ishida | See full cast & crew »
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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 ... Sayaka
Taka Guadalcanal Taka Guadalcanal ... Takashi Iguchi (as Takahito Iguchi)
Duncan Duncan ... Kazuo (as Minoru Iizuka)
Eri Fuse Eri Fuse ... Fumiyo
Makoto Ashikawa Makoto Ashikawa ... Akira
Rasshâ Itamae Rasshâ Itamae ... Takuya (as Hiroshi Suzuki)
Tsumami Edamame Tsumami Edamame ... Saburou (as Takahiko Aoki)
Bannai Matsuo Bannai Matsuo ... Naoya (as Kenzo Matsuo)
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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revenge | yakuza | baseball | baseball player | gun | See All (102) »

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Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Certificate:

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

19 November 1999 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Boiling Point See more »
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Box Office

Gross USA:

$1,471, 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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First film announcing the others
16 April 1999 | by Gregoire Dubost – See all my reviews

This is the second film of Kitano, but the first which is really his, since "Violent Cop" was not initially to be directed by him. What is striking is that in this first film, we can see the premises of the next ones. Though not a real 'yakuza' film, they play a great role in it, and many scenes, are they shot in a bar, on the beach or in a flower field remind us of what Kitano will shoot later for Hana-Bi or Sonatine. A very interesting film, very satirical towards the japanese society and the yakuzas that behave violently just to convince themselves they are tough guys; even if I personally prefer his other movies.
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