The Bullet Train
The Bullet Train , Shinkansen Daibakuha? , lit. Shinkansen Big Explosion is a 1975 Japanese disaster film directed by Junya Sat and starring Sonny Chiba and Ken Takakura.not in citation given A Shinkansen bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80kmh unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers and to learn how to defuse the bomb.
Hikari 109 is a highspeed Bullet Train carrying 1,500 passengers from Tokyo to Hakata. Shortly after Hikari 109 s departure, railway security head Miyashita is notified by Okita that a bomb has been planted aboard the train, and it will explode if the train slows down below 80kmh. As proof of the bombs efficiency, Okita tells Miyashita that a similar bomb has been placed on freight train 5790 bound from Ybari to Oiwake. When freight train 5790 indeed explodes, Hikari 109 s conductor Aoki is informed by Shinkansen director Kuramochi Ken Utsui not to slow down the train below 120kmh while the security personnel aboard the train search for the bomb thus delaying the trip to Hakata by three hours. Police officials back in Tokyo are tasked to either find the bomber or the bomb first.Back aboard Hikari 109, passengers start becoming weary and demand for the train to stop when security does a second search. For the duration of the journey, Kuramochi must coordinate with Aoki on timing the trains speed and position to avoid incoming traffic while keeping it safe from the speedsensitive detonator. Okita calls the National Railway authorities again this time, he demands US5 million in an aluminum suitcase in exchange for the safety of Hikari 109 s passengers. As the Prime Minister prepares the ransom, police find their first lead when a cigarette pack containing fingerprints of Koga are found at Ybari station prior to freight train 5790s departure. Meanwhile, passengers aboard Hikari 109 start to panic when the train passes through Nagoya, with a pregnant passenger named Kazuko Hirao going into labor. As a means of settling down the passengers, coengineer Kikuchi tells them of the bomb on board. National Railway officials are in further disdain when they realize that the bomb is attached to one of the trains wheels. Okita once more calls the officials and tells them to send the money northbound via helicopter and land at Yorii High School. Officer Senda, who carries the sui
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