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

Osamu Tanaka
Editor

Hachiro Aoyama
Original Music Composer

Sunao Sakagami
Producer

Shuichiro Nakamura
Production Design

Masahiko Iimura
Director of Photography

Kenzo Inoue
Sound Recordist

Kurazô Sumiyoshi
Makeup Artist

Shigeru Umetani
Assistant Gaffer

Mitsuo Katô
Still Photographer

Shigeko Katsuhara
Continuity

Kazuhiro Yonezawa
Set Decoration

Shûshi Nakamura
Production Design

Masao Shimizu
Director of Photography

Yoshikazu Yamasawa
Director of Photography

Takako Miyajima
Hairstylist

Tadayuki Kuwana
Art Direction
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 23 April 2025 and directed by Shinji Higuchi, was announced in November 2024.
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