Rent The Bullet Train (1975)
3.5 of 5 from 72 ratings
2h 32min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
A group of bombers announce that they have placed speed-triggered bombs aboard a Japanese Shinkansen bullet train from Tokyo to Hakata, the "Hikari 109". If the train slows below 80km/h, it will be destroyed. When the terrorists demand five million dollars, the police find themselves in a frantic race against time to find the bombers, defuse the bomb and save the innocent passengers. Pre-dating Speed by almost two decades, The Bullet Train is a gripping, edge of your seat thriller that as well as boasting blistering action sequences also focuses on the simmering political tensions between the civilians, the government and the surprisingly sympathetic bombers. Cult action star Sonny 'Street Fighter' Chiba features as the train operator who must find the device and there's a characteristically stirring performance from Ken Takakura (dubbed the Japanese Clint Eastwood) as a bomber with a serious grudge. - Actors:
- Ken Takakura, Shin'ichi Chiba, Kei Yamamoto, Eiji Gô, Akira Oda, Raita Ryû, Masayo Utsunomiya, Yumiko Fujita, Yumi Takigawa, Etsuko Shiomi, Fumio Watanabe, Toyoto Fukuda, Hiroko Fuji, Junko Matsudaira, Koreharu Hisatomi, Yoshirô Aoki, Jirô Yabuki, Kiyoto Harada, Akira Hamada, Keisuke Nakai
- Directors:
- Jun'ya Satô
- Producers:
- Kanji Amao, Sunao Sakagami
- Writers:
- Ryûnosuke Ono, Jun'ya Satô, Sunao Sakagami
- Aka:
- Shinkansen daibakuha
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/04/2023
- Run Time:
- 152 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dubbed LPCM Stereo, Japanese LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Brand new audio commentary by Jasper Sharp and Tom Mes (theatrical version)
- Off the Rails: Junya Sato's Biographers on the Making of The Bullet Train - Brand new interview with film writer Tatsuya Masuto and film critic Masaaki Nomura
- Tony Rayns on The Bullet Train - brand new interview with Asian film expert Tony Rayns
- Kim Newman on Mad Bombers in Cinema - brand new interview with author Kim Newman
- Big Movie, Big Panic.- Junya Sato on The Bullet Train - archival featurette
- Trailers
