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San tai yon ekkusu jugatsu (Boiling Point, 1990)
"Cut your finger off."
"Why do I have to do it?"
"You shagged my girl."
"You told me to!"
"Don't do that even if I tell you to! Cut it off, now!"
#San tai yon ekkusu jugatsu#3-4 x jûgatsu#boiling point#japanese cinema#takeshi kitano#Yūrei Yanagi#yuriko ishida#taka guadalcanal#eri fuse#makoto ashikawa#rasshâ itamae#tsumami edamame#bannai matsuo#rakkyo ide#meijin serizawa#naoko shinohara#etsushi toyokawa#hitoshi ozawa#hisashi igawa#johnny ohkura#katsuo tokashiki#Kitano made his directorial debut at short notice‚ taking over for Kinji Fukusaku on Violent Cop‚ and in the process revealing himself as#an absolute natural behind the camera; this follow up was his first film as both director and writer‚ and if Violent Cop was surprising in#its confidence and assured hand‚ this is nearly alarming in just how good it is. an absolute masterpiece‚ a superbly realised study of both#provincial restlessness and low level crime‚ and the insanity and violence that bleeds into it through a series of seemingly minor actions#and coincidences. Kitano is fully in control‚ allowing for long static shots and disturbing stillness throughout much of the film‚#punctuated by flashes of bloody violence and unpredictable bleakness. as an actor he remains offscreen until almost exactly the#half way point‚ but when he appears (grotesque‚ drunken‚ an abusive and dangerous bully and yet somehow compelling and very nearly likable)#he changes everything and alters the whole direction of the action. it's an incredible performance in a film full of them‚ and afascinating#character (moreso for the perverse double act he has with his friend‚ handler‚ possible love interest‚ whipping boy Nito)
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