Rent Boiling Point (1990)
3.6 of 5 from 91 ratings
1h 32min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- When Masaki (Yûrei Yanagi), a gas station attendant and bit part baseball player incurs the wrath of the local Yakuza, he heads to Okinawa to buy a gun so he can stand up for himself.
- Actors:
- Takeshi Kitano, Yûrei Yanagi, Yuriko Ishida, Taka Guadalcanal, Dankan, Eri Fuse, Makoto Ashikawa, Rasshâ Itamae, Tsumami Edamame, Bannai Matsuo, Rakkyo Ide, Meijin Serizawa, Kengakusha Akiyama, Naoko Shinohara, Etsushi Toyokawa, Kenji Shiiya, Makoto Tsugawa, Shinobu Tsuruta, Hitoshi Ozawa, Shôichirô Sakata
- Directors:
- Takeshi Kitano
- Producers:
- Toshio Nabeshima
- Writers:
- Takeshi Kitano
- Aka:
- 3-4 x jûgatsu
- Studio:
- Mia Video Entertainment Ltd
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Top 10 Films By Year, Top Films of 1990: Vol. 1
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 29/06/2020
- Run Time:
- 96 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Newly recorded audio commentary on 'Boiling Point' by David Jenkins
- That Man is Dangerous: The Birth of Takeshi Kitano (2016, 20 mins): documentary examining the emergence, establishment and popularity of Takeshi Kitano's cinematic image
- Okinawa Days: Kitano's Second Debut (2016, 20 mins): a look back at Kitano's 'Boiling Point', featuring interviews with producer Masayuki Mori and actor Yurei Yanagi
- 'Boiling Point' Trailers
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A Kitano Classic - Boiling Point review by CP Customer
Boiling Point tells the story of two members of a junior baseball team who get on the wrong side of the local yakuza. After their baseball coach is beaten up by the yakuza heavies, the two boys decide to travel to Okinawa to buy a gun in order to get revenge. While in Okinawa they befriend Uehara, a yakuza outcast who decides to settle a few old gangland scores and joins them on their quest for revenge. Boiling Point is in reality the first proper Takeshi Kitano film as both writer and director, and contains Kitano's renowned dry humour and stunning cinematography which is seen in later films. Tragic, funny, exciting and challenging, 'Boiling Point' sets the high standard of Kitano's subsequent films.
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