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ERA
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36 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Boiling Point
1990 1h 36m JA
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SOLID
★6.9TMDB · 228
CrimeComedyDramaActionThriller
Synopsis
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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.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Yûrei Yanagi
Masaki
Yuriko Ishida
Sayaka
Takeshi Kitano
Uehara
Guadalcanal Taka
Takashi Iguchi
Dankan
Kazuo
Makoto Ashikawa
Akira
Hisashi Igawa
Otomo
Johnny Ohkura
Minamizaka
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Takeshi Kitano
- Writers
- Takeshi Kitano
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Takeshi Kitano, shot by Katsumi Yanagijima. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Toshio Taniguchi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Yûrei Yanagi and Yuriko Ishida and Takeshi Kitano carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0098967 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Takeshi Kitano directs. Katsumi Yanagijima behind the camera. Toshio Taniguchi cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 136 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Directed by Takeshi Kitano, shot by Katsumi Yanagijima. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Editor Toshio Taniguchi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 4Yûrei Yanagi and Yuriko Ishida and Takeshi Kitano carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0098967 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Classified under 14 themes, including "japan", "police", "gun", "gangster".
- 7Released under 12 different titles around the world.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Katsumi Yanagijima
- Editing
- Toshio Taniguchi
- Makeup / hair
- Honey sun
- Runtime
- 96 min · 1h 36m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
- Certification (US)
- NR
Also by
Takeshi Kitano
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Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Bandai Visual
JP
- SH
Shochiku-Fuji Company
Key crew
- ProducerHisao Nabeshima
- Executive ProducerKazuyoshi Okuyama
- EditorToshio Taniguchi
- Special EffectsKikuo Notomi
- GafferHitoshi Takaya
- Stand InMakoto Tsugawa
- Makeup ArtistHoney sun
- Assistant DirectorToshihiro Tenma
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- japan
- police
- gun
- gangster
- baseball
- yakuza
- gore
- car crash
- okinawa
- revenge
- interracial relationship
- drinking
- tragic event
- yen
Release history · US
When it landed
- Digital2016-10-11NR
Also known as
International titles
- JûgatsuFR
- I Nuovi GangsterIT
- 3-4 X 10월KR
- ForráspontHU
- San Tai Yon X JûgatsuJP
- Σημείο ΒρασμούGR
- Boiling Point: Punto de ebulliciónES
- Boiling PointES
- 3-4x10 WolKR
- 3-4x 10 GatsuJP
- San Mainasu yon Kakeru jyu GatsuJP
- Boiling PointUS
