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The Bullet Train

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The Bullet Train	comment	A 1975 Japanese action thriller film directed by Junya Satō and starring Ken Takakura, Sonny Chiba, and Ken Utsui.On an otherwise normal day, Japan National Railways recieves a threat: two bombs will explode on a pair of trains; one on a Hokkaido freight train and the other on the Hikari 109 Shinkansen (or bullet train) from Tokyo to Hakata in Kyushu. When the first train mysteriously explodes, the company alerts the driver, Aoki (Sonny Chiba), who's running a normal train run with 1,500 passengers on board. But to make matters worse, there's one more caveat to the bomber's threat: the train will explode if it slows down to 80 kmh.And thus begins an epic high-stakes manhunt as the Tokyo MPD try to hunt down the bomber while Okita and the train's crew try to keep a lid on the situation, which is easier said than done with 1,500 passengers wondering why they aren't stopping, and a line which can only go so far. Elsewhere, the bomber, ex-businessman Testuo Okita (Ken Takakura) along with his co-conspirators Masaru Koga and Hiroshi Oshiro are planning on getting a $5,000,000 ransom from their threats as they soon become wanted all over Tokyo.If the plot sounds familiar, it should; the film was indeed the inspiration for Speed. It was even released in France and the US the following year, albeit in highly truncated form. Not to be confused with the 2022 film Bullet Train.
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The Bullet Train / int_2e338ce4	type	The Cavalry Arrives Late
The Bullet Train / int_2e338ce4	comment	The Cavalry Arrives Late: Justified as the police are too busy trying to catch the bombers to be of any help to the passengers. Not that anyone else can, anyhow.
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The Bullet Train / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
The Bullet Train / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Kuromochi resigns after learning that the police continued to broadcast their appeal to Okita after the bomb was defused. They track Okita down to Tokyo International Airport, but just as he's about to board his flight he's spotted by his ex-wife and son. Okita attempts to escape by swimming across the river, but the police circle around and demand his surrender. With nothing left to lose, he runs and is shot to death. Roll end credits.
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The Bullet Train / int_44bed14c	type	Hostage Situation
The Bullet Train / int_44bed14c	comment	Hostage Situation: One of the biggest ever put to celluloid as Okita's plot puts 1,500 souls onboard the Hikari at risk with his plot.
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The Bullet Train / int_73ef9ef3	type	Almighty Janitor
The Bullet Train / int_73ef9ef3	comment	Almighty Janitor: Played with, while the train conductors have a hard time keeping the passengers under control, they aren't afraid to try to defuse the bomb on several occasions. They succeed.
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The Bullet Train / int_78d0ebcf	type	Crying Wolf
The Bullet Train / int_78d0ebcf	comment	Crying Wolf: A variation. The JNR officials elect to continue broadcasting their appeal to Okita to help defuse the bomb in order to lure him out. The official who declared the message to the press, Kuromochi, does not approve of this in the slightest, and promptly hands in his resignation. That being said, it does manage to work.
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The Bullet Train / int_911b32ce	type	Not My Lucky Day
The Bullet Train / int_911b32ce	comment	Not My Lucky Day: For just about the entire cast. Not only do the bombers fail to get their ransom on multiple occasions, the police don't even get to catch them when the opportunity presents itself. To say nothing of the passengers and the people manning the Shinkansen control center...
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The Bullet Train / int_967edd3a	type	Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
The Bullet Train / int_967edd3a	comment	Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene: A good chunk of the conspirator's screentime is spent exploring their tragic backstories, and in particular Okita's.
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The Bullet Train / int_a7382a73	type	Imagine Spot
The Bullet Train / int_a7382a73	comment	Imagine Spot: At one point Aoki imagines what would happen if he stopped the train at once. It's not a pretty picture to say the least.
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The Bullet Train / int_b5171e10	type	Tragic Villain
The Bullet Train / int_b5171e10	comment	Tragic Villain: Okita is nowhere near as psychotic or bloodthirsty in comparison to Howard Payne. He's just a quiet, broken man who lost his business and was separated from his family, and sees the entire bomb plot as a way to get even.
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The Bullet Train / int_c313d43a	type	True Companions
The Bullet Train / int_c313d43a	comment	True Companions: While they are an extremely usual mix of conspirators (Okita is a peniless businessman, Koga is a dedicated student radical, and Oshiro is an ex-employee of Okita's) the three bombers get along quite well and are inrcredibly loyal to each other. This is best shown when Koga blows himself up in order to allow Okita to escape from the police.
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The Bullet Train / int_e9784ee6	type	Epic Movie
The Bullet Train / int_e9784ee6	comment	Epic Movie: Runs for a grand total of 152 minutes in its uncut form, and it's one of the longest action movies ever made.
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The Bullet Train / int_ffad4e9f	type	Shown Their Work
The Bullet Train / int_ffad4e9f	comment	Shown Their Work: Most of the train-related bits on film accurrately reflects how the shinkansen really operates. The opening is a good example of this as it shows off the actual shinkansen control center, complete with the computer that tracks the progress of the various trains in operation. And yes, there is an actual Hikari 109 bullet train that runs from Tokyo to Hakata.
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