Boiling Point
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69% Critic Match

Boiling Point

6.9 / 10 1990 1h 36mNR Japanese
CrimeComedyDrama

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

Yûrei Yanagi

Masaki

Lead
Yuriko Ishida

Yuriko Ishida

Sayaka

Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano

Uehara

Guadalcanal Taka

Guadalcanal Taka

Takashi Iguchi

Dankan

Dankan

Kazuo

Makoto Ashikawa

Makoto Ashikawa

Akira

Hisashi Igawa

Hisashi Igawa

Otomo

Johnny Ohkura

Johnny Ohkura

Minamizaka

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Takeshi Kitano's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Boiling Point is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker