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The Bullet Train( 1975)

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They said it couldn't happen... But for 1500 passengers Bullet Train 109 became a nightmare journey that just couldn't be stopped!

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Ken Takakura

      Tetsuo Okita

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      Sonny Chiba

      Aoki

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      Kei Yamamoto

      Masaru Koga

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      Eiji Gō

      Shinji Fujio

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      Akira Oda

      Hiroshi Ôshiro

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      Raita Ryu

      Kikuchi

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      Masayo Utsunomiya

      Yasuko

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      Ken Utsui

      Kuramochi

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      Yumiko Fujita

      Akiyama

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      Yumi Takigawa

      SAS Staff

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      Etsuko Shihomi

      Telephone Operator

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      Fumio Watanabe

      Miyashita

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      Toyoto Fukuda

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      Hiroko Fuji

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      Junko Matsudaira

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      Tetsuro Tamba

      Sunaga

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      Takashi Shimura

      JNR President

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      Kunie Tanaka

      Koga's Brother

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      Saburo Date

      Businessman's Man

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      Yutaka Hayashi

      Naka-yan

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      Yoshifumi Tajima

      Sasaki

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      Mizuho Suzuki

      Hanamura

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    A review by giant13

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    Written by giant13 on Sun Jan 16 2022
    In the early 70s, disaster movies started gaining popularity with the likes of <i>Airport</i> (1970), The <i>Poseidon Adventure</i> (1972), <i>The Towering Inferno </i>(1974), and <i>Earthquake</i> (1974). These movies killed it at the domestic and international box offices. Toei, one of the Big Four Japanese film studios at the time, noticed and wanted to take advantage of the trend. Japan’s famous bullet train system’s first two rail lines, Tokaido and San'yō, were opened in 1964 and 1972, respectively. The mode of travel was, to that point, synonymous with Nippon, so the Toei execs wanted to...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • japan
    • bomb
    • speed
    • hijacking of train
    • train crash
    • train
    • terrorism
    • terrorist attack
    • life or death
    • passenger train
    • train ride
    • train passengers
    • shinkansen