When panic erupts on a Tokyo-bound bullet train that will explode if it slows below 100 kph, authorities race against time to save everyone on board.
Direction
Higuchi channels his Shin Godzilla chaos energy into tight spaces.
Practical Effects
Real bullet train sets, zero green screen cowardice.
Editing
Split-screen madness mirrors 1970s original with modern panic.
Director
Shinji Higuchi
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Kazuya Takaichi
Machiko Ono
Yuko Kagami
Jun Kaname
Mitsuru Todoroki
Non
Chika Matsumoto
Kanata Hosoda
Keiji Fujii
Daisuke Kuroda
Kodai Hayashi
Satoru Matsuo
Masayoshi Goto
Suzuka Ohgo
Ichikawa
Hana Toyoshima
Yuzuki Onodera
Takumi Saitoh
Yuichi Kasagi
Matsuya Onoe
Yuki Fukuoka
Naomasa Musaka
Elettricista
Pierre Taki
Koga Masatoshi
Bando Yajuro
Shigeru Suwa
Nishino Emi
Yukino Yamamoto
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is a direct remake of the 1975 Japanese hit 'The Bullet Train,' which beat 'Speed' to the high-speed bomb premise by nearly two decades.
Higuchi and Anno's post-Shin Godzilla collaboration continues here — notice the identical bureaucratic montages mocking government paralysis.
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