Boiling Point
1990 1h 36m movie Film Japan

Boiling Point

3-4X10月

Synopsis

3-4X10月

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.

The 1989–1991 Japan Window

114 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Boiling Point sits at position #42.

  1. Chibi Maruko-chan
    #1

    Chibi Maruko-chan

    ★ 9.0 · 1990

  2. Ranma ½
    #2

    Ranma ½

    ★ 8.6 · 1989

  3. Tokyo Love Story
    #3

    Tokyo Love Story

    ★ 8.6 · 1991

  4. Moomin
    #4

    Moomin

    ★ 8.4 · 1990

  5. Dragon Ball Z
    #5

    Dragon Ball Z

    ★ 8.3 · 1989

  6. Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai
    #6

    Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai

    ★ 8.2 · 1991

  7. Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
    #7

    Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket

    ★ 8.2 · 1989

  8. Ziggy: Soreyuke! R&R Band
    #8

    Ziggy: Soreyuke! R&R Band

    ★ 8.1 · 1991

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Boiling Point. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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The 1990s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Boiling Point premiered. 447 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.9
TMDB Rating
183
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #2,313 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (49th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among Japan Crime productions specifically: #164 of 402 (top 41%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies Bandai Visual, Shochiku-Fuji Company
Runtime 1h 36m
Release Date September 15, 1990
IMDb tt0098967
Official Site www.shochiku.co.jp

Themes & Motifs

  • japan
  • police
  • gun
  • gangster
  • baseball
  • yakuza
  • gore
  • car crash
  • okinawa
  • revenge
  • interracial relationship
  • drinking
  • tragic event
  • yen

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