Boiling Point (1990 film)

Boiling Point, known in Japan as San tai Yon ekkusu Jugatsu ? , literallyto 4x October , is a 1990 Japanese film written by, directed by, and costarring Takeshi Kitano. It was his second film as director and first film as a screenwriter. While Boiling Point is regarded by somewho? American online reviewers as one of the weaker efforts from Beat Takeshi, it is seen as an important first step in his development as an editor and as a director.

Kitanos trademark black humor suffuses the film in many ways at one point, the boy finally does get a gun, but shoots out the windshield of his girlfriends car by mistake. The film also features comedian Iizuka Minoru, also known as Dankan, who went on to become a Kitano regular Getting Any? and Katsuo Tokashiki, who is famous for his kickboxing skills in Japan. He also played a guard in Takeshi Kitanos Takeshis Castle in the 1980s.The original title, 34X Jugatsu is the final score of a baseball game played in the film. Jugatsu October was added to the title, because the most exciting games of baseball, playoff games, are played in October. ........

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