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69% Critic Match
Boiling Point
6.9 / 10• 1990• 1h 36m•NR• Japanese
CrimeComedyDramaActionThriller
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Yûrei Yanagi
Masaki
Lead
Yuriko Ishida
Sayaka
Takeshi Kitano
Uehara
Guadalcanal Taka
Takashi Iguchi
Dankan
Kazuo
Makoto Ashikawa
Akira
Hisashi Igawa
Otomo
Johnny Ohkura
Minamizaka
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Takeshi Kitano's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Boiling Point is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
