Boiling Point is the official international title for ?????? (3-4X jugatsu, literally: "the third and fourth of October"), a 1990 film written directed, edited and starring Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano. It was his second film as director and first film as a screenwriter. While Boiling Point is regarded by some American online reviewers as one of the weaker efforts from "Beat" Takeshi, it is seen as an important first step in his development as a director