The Bullet Train

The Bullet Train
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJunya Sato
Screenplay by
  • Ryunosuke Ono
  • Junya Sato
Based onAri Kato (concept)
Produced by
  • Kanji Amao
  • Sunao Sakagami
Starring
Cinematography
  • Masahiko Iimura
  • Masao Shimizu
  • Yoshikazu Yamazawa
Edited byOsamu Tanaka
Music byHachiro Aoyama
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • 5 July 1975 (1975-07-05)
Running time
152 minutes[1][2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Budget¥530 million[3]

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[4] 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 in 2025 and directed by Shinji Higuchi, was announced in November 2024.[5]

  1. ^ "The Bullet Train". British Board of Film Classification.
  2. ^ 新幹線大爆破 [Shinkansen Daibakuha]. Toei DVD catalogue (in Japanese). Toei Video Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
  3. ^ "新幹線大爆破". Pia Cinema. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  4. ^ "The Bullet Train (1975) – Junya Sato". AllMovie.
  5. ^ Netflix Japan (18 November 2024). 『新幹線大爆破』Title Announcement | Netflix Japan. Retrieved 21 November 2024 – via YouTube.

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