The Bullet Train

The Bullet Train

152 mins | Drama, Crime, Action, Thriller | July 5, 1975

One of the Japanese Shinkansen, “Bullet Trains,” 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.

The Bullet Train

152 mins | Drama, Crime, Action, Thriller | July 5, 1975

The Bullet Train
One of the Japanese Shinkansen, “Bullet Trains,” 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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 新幹線大爆破
Directors Jun'ya Satô
Writers Arei Katô, Ryûnosuke Ono, Jun'ya Satô

Cast

Ken Takakura

as Tetsuo Okita

Shin'ichi Chiba

as Aoki

Kei Yamamoto

as Masaru Koga

Eiji Gō

as Shinji Fujio

Akira Oda

as Hiroshi Ôshiro

Raita Ryu

as Kikuchi

Masayo Utsunomiya

as Yasuko

Ken Utsui

as Kuramochi

Yumiko Fujita

as Akiyama

Yumi Takigawa

as SAS Staff

Etsuko Shihomi

as Telephone Operator

Fumio Watanabe

as Miyashita

Tetsurō Tamba

as Sunaga

Takashi Shimura

as JNR President

Kunie Tanaka

as Koga's Brother

Saburo Date

as Businessman's Man

Yutaka Hayashi

as Naka-yan

Yoshifumi Tajima

as Sasaki

Mizuho Suzuki

as Hanamura