The Bullet Train
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| Directed by | Junya Sato |
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| Based on | Ari Kato (concept) |
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| Edited by | Osamu Tanaka |
| Music by | Hachiro Aoyama |
| Distributed by | Toei Company |
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Running time | 152 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Budget | ¥530 million |
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.