Movie

The Bullet Train

Released: July 5, 1975 (1975)

Runtime: 152 minutes

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Ken Takakura as Tetsuo Okita
Age at release: 44
Ken Utsui as Kuramochi
Age at release: 43
Eiji Gō as Shinji Fujio
Age at release: 38
Sonny Chiba as Aoki
Age at release: 36
Kei Yamamoto as Masaru Koga
Age at release: 35
Raita Ryu as Kikuchi
Age at release: 35
Yumiko Fujita as Akiyama
Age at release: 29
Akira Oda as Hiroshi Ôshiro
Age at release: 27
Masayo Utsunomiya as Yasuko
Age at release: 27
Yumi Takigawa as SAS Staff
Age at release: 24

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Takashi Shimura as JNR President
Age at release: 70
Yoshibumi Tajima as Sasaki
Age at release: 56
Tetsuro Tamba as Sunaga
Age at release: 52
Saburo Date as Businessman's Man
Age at release: 51
Mizuho Suzuki as Hanamura
Age at release: 47
Sen Yano as Minami
Age at release: 47
Fumio Watanabe as Miyashita
Age at release: 45
Yoshirō Aoki as Senda
Age at release: 45
Kunie Tanaka as Koga's Brother
Age at release: 42
Toyoto Fukuda as Tashiro
Age at release: 41
Kiyoshi Yamamoto as Takazawa
Age at release: 41
Koreharu Hisatomi as Hirota
Age at release: 40
Kiyoto Harada as Miyake
Age at release: 39
Keisuke Nakai as Tetsu-chan
Age at release: 39
Hiroko Fuji as Female Teacher
Age at release: 34
Akira Hamada as Nagata
Age at release: 33
Yutaka Hayashi as Naka-yan
Age at release: 28
Jirô Chiba as Construction Vehicle Officer
Age at release: 26
Junko Matsudaira as Cashier
Age at release: 22
Etsuko Shihomi as Telephone Operator
Age at release: 19