3-4 x jûgatsu (1990)

Director:

Takeshi Kitano

Writer:

Takeshi Kitano (screenplay)

Release Date:

15 September 1990 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Two members of a Japanese junior baseball team get mixed up with the local yakuza. After their coach is severely injured by the gangsters...

Plot Keywords:

Yakuza | Gun | Baseball | Gangster | Violence

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Yûrei Yanagi	...	Masaki (as Masahiko Ono)
Yuriko Ishida	...	Sayaka
Gadarukanaru Taka	...	Takashi Iguchi (as Takahito Iguchi)
Dankan	...	Kazuo (as Minoru Iizuka)
Eri Fuse	...	Fumiyo
Makoto Ashikawa	...	Akira
Hiroshi Suzuki	...	Takuya
Tsumami Edamame	...	Saburou (as Takahiko Aoki)
Bannai Matsuo	...	Naoya (as Kenzo Matsuo)
Rakkyo Ide	...	Hajime (as Hiroshi Ide)
Meijin Serizawa	...	Makoto
Kengakusha Akiyama	...	Gas Pump Attendant
Naoko Shinohara	...	Sumiyo
Etsushi Toyokawa	...	Okinawa-Rengou Kumichou
Kenji Shiiya	...	Henchman 1 / Hitman

Also Known As:

Boiling Point (International: English title) (USA)
3-4x 10 gatsu (Japan) (alternative spelling)
San mainasu yon kakeru jyu gatsu (Japan) (alternative spelling)
San tai yon ekkusu jugatsu (Japan) (alternative spelling)
The Third and Fourth of October (literal English title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

New Zealand:R16 | Finland:K-18 | UK:15 (2008) (re-rating) | Netherlands:16 (2009) (DVD) | Argentina:16 | France:-12 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | Australia:M

Company:

Bandai Visual Company

Movie Connections:

References Pierrot le fou (1965)

Very hard to get, but wonderful

Simply an awesome movie. I have no idea whatsoever if I got the movie the way intended. But what I did get was a couple of things. It's one of the funniest and most bizarre films I have ever seen. No matter what happens, people crashing motorcycles, getting beaten etc, no one, ever, shows any emotion. Just the "classic" japanese stone-face. There is no soundtrack in this movie either, and tempo is kinda low, but explodes now and then with meaningless violence. This might sound like utter crap, but Kitano pulls it off, and does it very well. It works, it's fun and it's interesting.