Boiling Point

Boiling Point

1990 · 96 min · JA · NR · 6.9 (229 votes)
Dir. Takeshi Kitano · Starring Yûrei Yanagi, Yuriko Ishida, Takeshi Kitano, Guadalcanal Taka, Dankan, Makoto Ashikawa
CrimeComedyDramaActionThriller

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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A raw, unflinching dive into the criminal underworld. Expect brutal confrontations, desperate gambits, and a palpable sense of impending doom. This is a visceral, hard-boiled journey where every decision carries heavy consequences.

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