Boiling Point (1990)

Original title

３－４Ｘ１０月

Directed by

Takeshi Kitano

Genre

drama film, action film, crime film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 219 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young gas station attendant gets mixed up with the yakuza after a confrontation. The story follows his clumsy attempts at revenge and the odd characters he meets along the way.

deadpansurrealslow-burnviolentabsurdistcoolunderstatedunpredictable

What happens

Boiling Point (Japanese: 3-4x10月, Hepburn: San tai Yon ekkusu Jugatsu; lit. '3 to 4x October') is a 1990 Japanese crime film written and directed by Takeshi Kitano, who also co-stars under his stage name Beat Takeshi. It was Kitano's second film as a director and first film as a screenwriter. Boiling Point is seen as an important first step in his development as an editor and as a director. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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