Boiling Point

Boiling Point

1990•1h 36m•6.9/10

CrimeComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.9/10(214)

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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Production

Bandai Visual, Shochiku-Fuji Company

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Yûrei Yanagi

Yûrei Yanagi

Masaki

Yuriko Ishida

Yuriko Ishida

Sayaka

Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano

Uehara

Guadalcanal Taka

Guadalcanal Taka

Takashi Iguchi

Dankan

Dankan

Kazuo

Makoto Ashikawa

Makoto Ashikawa

Akira

Hisashi Igawa

Hisashi Igawa

Otomo

Johnny Ohkura

Johnny Ohkura

Minamizaka

Eri Fuse

Eri Fuse

Fumiyo

Katsuo Tokashiki

Tamagi

Hitoshi Ozawa

Hitoshi Ozawa

Kanai

Rasshâ Itamae

Takuya

Tsumami Edamame

Tsumami Edamame

Saburou

Bannai Matsuo

Bannai Matsuo

Naoya

Rakkyo Ide

Rakkyo Ide

Hajime

Meijin Serizawa

Makoto

Kengakusha Akiyama

Gas Pump Attendant

Naoko Shinohara

Sumiyo

Etsushi Toyokawa

Etsushi Toyokawa

Okinawa-Rengou Kumichou

Kenji Shiiya

Henchman 1

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