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Boiling Point
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Boiling Point

1990-09-15 · 96 min · ★ 6.9

Crime · Comedy · Drama · Action · Thriller

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.

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Directors
Takeshi Kitano
Production companies
Bandai Visual, Shochiku-Fuji Company
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Yûrei YanagiYûrei YanagiMasaki
Yuriko IshidaYuriko IshidaSayaka
Takeshi KitanoTakeshi KitanoUehara
Guadalcanal TakaGuadalcanal TakaTakashi Iguchi
DankanDankanKazuo
Makoto AshikawaMakoto AshikawaAkira
Hisashi IgawaHisashi IgawaOtomo
Johnny OhkuraJohnny OhkuraMinamizaka
Eri FuseEri FuseFumiyo
Katsuo TokashikiTamagi
Hitoshi OzawaHitoshi OzawaKanai
Rasshâ ItamaeTakuya
Tsumami EdamameTsumami EdamameSaburou
Bannai MatsuoBannai MatsuoNaoya
Rakkyo IdeRakkyo IdeHajime
Meijin SerizawaMakoto
Kengakusha AkiyamaGas Pump Attendant
Naoko ShinoharaSumiyo
Etsushi ToyokawaEtsushi ToyokawaOkinawa-Rengou Kumichou
Kenji ShiiyaHenchman 1

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