Boiling Point (1990 film)

Boiling Point
Boiling Point
	Theatrical release poster with the film's domestic title
Directed by	Takeshi Kitano
Written by	Takeshi Kitano
Produced by	Kazuyoshi Okuyama
Starring	Beat Takeshi; Yūrei Yanagi; Yuriko Ishida; Gadarukanaru Taka; Dankan; Eri Fuse;
Cinematography	Katsumi Yanagishima
Edited by	Toshio Taniguchi
Production; company	Bandai / Shochiku Fuji
Distributed by	Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Release date	September 15, 1990;
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	US$1,471

Boiling Point, known in Japan as San tai Yon ekkusu Jugatsu (3-4x10月, literally "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]

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

[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

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