Boiling Point (1990 film)

Boiling Point
Theatrical release poster with the film's domestic title
Directed byTakeshi Kitano
Written byTakeshi Kitano
Produced byKazuyoshi Okuyama
Starring
CinematographyKatsumi Yanagishima
Edited byToshio Taniguchi
Production
company
Distributed byShochiku Co., Ltd.
Release date
  • September 15, 1990 (1990-09-15)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box officeUS$1,471

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[1] and as a director.[2]

  1. ^ Sylow, Henrik. "Biography". KitanoTakeshi.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  2. ^ Review of Boiling Point Archived June 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine by Mike Bracken at CultureCartel.com