The Bullet Train (1975)

Original title

新幹線大爆破

Directed by

Junya Satō

Genre

action film, disaster film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 71 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A bomb is placed on a Shinkansen bullet train that will explode if the train slows down. Police must find the bomb and the extortionists before time runs out.

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What happens

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 sequel, Bullet Train Explosion, directed by Shinji Higuchi, premiered on Netflix on 23 April 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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