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Boiling Point

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Boiling Point (1990)

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Reviews Counted:8

Fresh:7

Rotten:1

Average Rating:6.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: In Takeshi Kitano's quirky second film, Masaki (Masahiko Ono), a quiet baseball-playing gas station attendant, runs into trouble with the local yakuza. Masaki's baseball coach, Iguchi (Takahito... In Takeshi Kitano's quirky second film, Masaki (Masahiko Ono), a quiet baseball-playing gas station attendant, runs into trouble with the local yakuza. Masaki's baseball coach, Iguchi (Takahito Iguchi), turns out to be a former yakuza and attempts to straighten out the situation but only winds up making things worse. In order to stand up for himself, Masaki, along with his friend Kazuo (Minoru Iizuka), heads to Okinawa to buy a gun. There the two encounter tough guy Uehara (Kitano, acting under his alias, Beat Takeshi) and his all-too-loyal henchman, Tamagi (Katsuo Tokashiki), who are both in trouble with the yakuza as well. After various odd incidents, Uehara helps Masaki and Kazuo acquire a gun. When they attempt to use the weapon, however, the result sets the groundwork for an explosive climax. [More]

Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Masahiko Ono, Yuriko Ishida, Hisashi Igawa

Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Masahiko Ono, Yuriko Ishida, Hisashi Igawa

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Director: Takeshi Kitano
Screenwriter: Takeshi Kitano
Producer: Takio Yoshida, Masayuki Mori

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A work of varied and strange miracles

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Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion
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Jeffrey M. Anderson
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Lawrence Van Gelder
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06/29/05
Emanuel Levy
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EmanuelLevy.Com

The Birth of an Auteur: Takeshi Kitano's Boiling Point.

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03/19/03
Mike Bracken
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07/29/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

There is little in the way of John Woo-style action setpieces in a Kitano movie.

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02/28/02
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
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I can think of no working director who uses stillness as gracefully and effectively as Takeshi Kitano.

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Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Weekly

It's a cult film that delights as a cruel form of entertainment.

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