Movie: The Bullet Train / Super Express 109
Romaji: Shinkansen daibakuha
Japanese: 新幹線大爆破
Director: Junya Sato
Writer: Ryunosuke Ono, Junya Sato, Arei Kato
Producer: Kanji Amao, Sunao Sakagami
Cinematographer: Masahiko Iimura
Release Date: July 5, 1975
Runtime: 153 min.
Studio: Toei
Distributor: Toei
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot
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 and to learn how to defuse the bomb.
Cast
Ken Takakura - Tetsuo Okita
Sonny Chiba - Aoki (as Shin-ichi Chiba)
Kei Yamamoto - Masaru Koga
Eiji Go - Shinji Fujio
Akira Oda - Hiroshi oshiro
Raita Ryu - Kikuchi
Masayo Utsunomiya - Yasuko
Yumiko Fujita - Akiyama
Yumi Takigawa - SAS Staff
Etsuko Shihomi - Telephone