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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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