The Bullet Train (1975)
2h 32m
Running Time
July 5, 1975Release Date
The Bullet Train (1975)
2h 32m
Running Time
July 5, 1975Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers so the train crew can learn how to defuse the bomb.
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Cast & Crew.
Ken Takakura
Tetsuo Okita
Sonny Chiba
Aoki
Kei Yamamoto
Masaru Koga
Eiji Gō
Shinji Fujio
Akira Oda
Hiroshi Ôshiro
Raita Ryu
Kikuchi
Akira Oda
Hiroshi Ôshiro
Masayo Utsunomiya
Yasuko
Ken Utsui
Kuramochi
Yumiko Fujita
Akiyama
Yumi Takigawa
SAS Staff
Etsuko Shihomi
Telephone Operator
Fumio Watanabe
Miyashita
Tetsuro Tamba
Sunaga
Takashi Shimura
JNR President
Kunie Tanaka
Koga's Brother
Saburo Date
Businessman's Man
Yutaka Hayashi
Naka-yan
Yoshifumi Tajima
Sasaki
Mizuho Suzuki
Hanamura
Junya Satō
Director / Screenplay
Arei Katô
Story
Ryūnosuke Ono
Screenplay
Kanji Amao
Producer
Sunao Sakagami
Producer
Hachiro Aoyama
Original Music Composer
Osamu Tanaka
Editor
Shuichiro Nakamura
Production Design
Masahiko Iimura
Director of Photography
Masao Shimizu
Director of Photography
Yoshikazu Yamasawa
Director of Photography
Shûshi Nakamura
Production Design
Tadayuki Kuwana
Art Direction
Kazuhiro Yonezawa
Set Decoration
Takako Miyajima
Hairstylist
Kurazô Sumiyoshi
Makeup Artist
Akihisa Okamoto
Assistant Director
Kenzo Inoue
Sound Recordist
Mitsuo Katô
Still Photographer
Shigeru Umetani
Assistant Gaffer
Shigeko Katsuhara
Continuity
Yasunojo Kawasaki
Lighting Technician
Junko Matsudaira
Hiroko Fuji
Toyoto Fukuda
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 5, 1975
Original Name新幹線大爆破
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 32m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
japan
speed
hijacking of train
terrorism
bomb
train crash
train
terrorist attack
life or death
passenger train
train ride
train passengers
shinkansen
Wiki.
The Bullet Train (Japanese: 新幹線大爆破, Hepburn: Shinkansen Daibakuha, lit. 'The Shinkansen's Big Explosion') is a 1975 Japanese action thriller film directed by Junya Sato and starring Ken Takakura, Sonny Chiba, and Ken Utsui. When a Shinkansen ("bullet train") is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if it slows below 80 km/h unless a ransom is paid, police race to find the bombers and to learn how to defuse the bomb.
A remake, set to premiere on Netflix on April 23, 2025 and directed by Shinji Higuchi, was announced in November 2024.
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