{"product_id":"boiling-point-３-４ｘ１０月-original-release-japanese-movie-poster-1990-b2-size-51-73-cm-q217","title":"“Boiling Point” (３－４Ｘ１０月), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1990, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) Q217","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"103\" data-end=\"357\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"156\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e printed in \u003cstrong data-start=\"168\" data-end=\"176\"\u003e1990\u003c\/strong\u003e for the \u003cstrong data-start=\"185\" data-end=\"202\"\u003efirst release\u003c\/strong\u003e of \u003cstrong data-start=\"206\" data-end=\"223\"\u003eBoiling Point\u003c\/strong\u003e (３－４Ｘ１０月, \u003cem data-start=\"234\" data-end=\"262\"\u003eSan tai Yon ekkusu Jūgatsu\u003c\/em\u003e), the second feature film directed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"301\" data-end=\"319\"\u003eTakeshi Kitano\u003c\/strong\u003e, following his debut \u003cstrong data-start=\"341\" data-end=\"356\"\u003eViolent Cop\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"359\" data-end=\"703\"\u003eReleased in Japan under its striking original title \u003cstrong data-start=\"411\" data-end=\"422\"\u003e３－４Ｘ１０月\u003c\/strong\u003e, and known internationally as \u003cstrong data-start=\"453\" data-end=\"470\"\u003eBoiling Point\u003c\/strong\u003e, the film was produced by \u003cstrong data-start=\"497\" data-end=\"518\"\u003eKazuyoshi Okuyama\u003c\/strong\u003e and distributed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"538\" data-end=\"555\"\u003eShochiku Fuji\u003c\/strong\u003e. It is one of the key early works in Kitano’s career and an important title in the development of his cool, elliptical, deadpan cinematic language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"705\" data-end=\"1303\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"705\" data-end=\"724\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"724\" data-end=\"727\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"727\" data-end=\"744\"\u003eBoiling Point\u003c\/strong\u003e is an early and highly distinctive \u003cstrong data-start=\"780\" data-end=\"798\"\u003eTakeshi Kitano\u003c\/strong\u003e crime film: part absurdist comedy, part yakuza drama, and part portrait of youthful aimlessness. The story follows \u003cstrong data-start=\"914\" data-end=\"924\"\u003eMasaki\u003c\/strong\u003e, an amateur baseball player and gas-station worker whose minor altercation with a local gangster spirals into serious violence. When an attempt at intervention by his former-yakuza coach ends badly, Masaki and a friend travel to Okinawa in search of a gun, only to become entangled with the terrifying and wildly unstable gangster \u003cstrong data-start=\"1256\" data-end=\"1266\"\u003eUehara\u003c\/strong\u003e, played memorably by Kitano himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1305\" data-end=\"1544\"\u003eThe film is now regarded as one of the most important titles from Kitano’s early period, showing his emerging fascination with sudden eruptions of violence, blank humour, awkward pauses, and the strange overlap between banality and menace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1546\" data-end=\"1917\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1546\" data-end=\"1563\"\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1563\" data-end=\"1566\"\u003eThis is one of the most graphically arresting Japanese posters of the period. The design is \u003cstrong data-start=\"1658\" data-end=\"1702\"\u003eminimalist, stark, and highly conceptual\u003c\/strong\u003e, dominated by a \u003cstrong data-start=\"1719\" data-end=\"1748\"\u003esingle metal baseball bat\u003c\/strong\u003e placed vertically at the centre of a deep green field. The bat immediately evokes the film’s strange collision of local baseball culture and eruptive criminal violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1919\" data-end=\"1995\"\u003eAt the top left and right, large white brush-style Japanese lettering reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1997\" data-end=\"2195\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1997\" data-end=\"2008\"\u003e軍団、野放し！\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2008\" data-end=\"2011\"\u003eThis can be understood as \u003cstrong data-start=\"2037\" data-end=\"2064\"\u003e“The Gundan unleashed!”\u003c\/strong\u003e — a direct promotional reference to \u003cstrong data-start=\"2101\" data-end=\"2119\"\u003eTakeshi Gundan\u003c\/strong\u003e, Kitano’s own comedy troupe and entourage, many of whom appear in the cast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2197\" data-end=\"2640\"\u003eThe title \u003cstrong data-start=\"2207\" data-end=\"2218\"\u003e３－４Ｘ１０月\u003c\/strong\u003e appears boldly across the lower centre in large geometric white type, with additional credits beneath and a full vertical English credit block at lower right. The contrast between the severe central object, the spacious negative field, and the energetic Japanese brush text gives the poster a powerful, modern visual identity. It is an exceptionally effective design: austere, slightly cryptic, and unmistakably Japanese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2642\" data-end=\"3027\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2642\" data-end=\"2661\"\u003eAbout the title\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2661\" data-end=\"2664\"\u003eThe unusual title \u003cstrong data-start=\"2682\" data-end=\"2693\"\u003e３－４Ｘ１０月\u003c\/strong\u003e has long intrigued collectors and viewers. It is commonly understood as a baseball-derived notation combined with \u003cstrong data-start=\"2808\" data-end=\"2819\"\u003eOctober\u003c\/strong\u003e, the month of the film’s release planning. That connection makes the central bat motif especially apt and ties the design directly to the film’s themes of frustrated masculinity, sport, chance, and violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3029\" data-end=\"3525\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3029\" data-end=\"3055\"\u003eCollector significance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"3055\" data-end=\"3058\"\u003eOriginal first-release Japanese posters for early \u003cstrong data-start=\"3108\" data-end=\"3126\"\u003eTakeshi Kitano\u003c\/strong\u003e films are increasingly sought after, particularly for the director’s formative works from the late 1980s and early 1990s. This \u003cstrong data-start=\"3254\" data-end=\"3281\"\u003eB2 first-release poster\u003c\/strong\u003e is especially desirable because it features a \u003cstrong data-start=\"3328\" data-end=\"3363\"\u003eunique country-of-origin design\u003c\/strong\u003e rather than a generic photographic montage. 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Please review the photos carefully; they show the exact poster for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3697\" data-end=\"3918\"\u003eThere is a scratch on the surface of the poster on the right hand side below the white kanji text - we have taken the condition into account when pricing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3920\" data-end=\"3987\"\u003eThe poster displays very well and retains \u003cstrong data-start=\"3962\" data-end=\"3986\"\u003estrong visual impact\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3989\" data-end=\"4129\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"4000\" data-end=\"4083\"\u003eoriginal Japanese theatrical poster from the film’s 1990 first-release campaign\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr data-start=\"4084\" data-end=\"4087\"\u003eIt is \u003cstrong data-start=\"4093\" data-end=\"4128\"\u003enot a reproduction or a reprint\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4131\" data-end=\"4159\"\u003eIt is \u003cstrong data-start=\"4137\" data-end=\"4159\"\u003eover 35 years old!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4161\" data-end=\"4202\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4161\" data-end=\"4202\" data-is-last-node=\"\"\u003eCertificate of Authenticity included.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Japan Poster Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56969301885306,"sku":null,"price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/8859\/4591\/files\/wall-shelf-with-ornaments-2026-06-12T133907.367.jpg?v=1781239199","url":"https:\/\/japanposter.co.uk\/products\/boiling-point-%ef%bc%93-%ef%bc%94%ef%bd%98%ef%bc%91%ef%bc%90%e6%9c%88-original-release-japanese-movie-poster-1990-b2-size-51-73-cm-q217","provider":"Japan Poster Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}