Shinji Higuchi ("Shin Godzilla") delivers an "Apollo 13"-style story about ordinary people coming together to resolve a blockbuster-sized disaster.

Filmmaker Shinji Higuchi reveals the inspirations behind the train drama that reached No. 2 in the streamer's global ...

The plan then goes underway, and of course, it all pays off. The two switches are pulled at the exact moment they should be, the majority of the train safely explodes away from people, and all nine ...

Netflix reboots the 1975 classic 'Bullet Train' with unprecedented access to Japan's bullet trains, and a star-studded cast led by Tsuyoshi Kusanagi.

Released on April 23, 2025, Bullet Train Explosionis a white-knuckle thriller set aboard Japan's ultra-fast Shinkansen. The ...

The Bullet Train remake on Netflix is nowhere near as interesting as its empathetic, cynical '70s inspiration.

Netflix's new action movie—which was filmed on a real high-speed bullet train in Japan—has me seriously thinking about the ...

“Bullet Train Explosion’s” reign as the best train-set movie on Netflix really didn’t last very long. Just a couple of weeks ...

Fifty years later, it remains one of his favorite films and he has directed its sequel: the action thriller Bullet Train Explosion, out April 23 on Netflix. Shinji recalls being particularly ...

Bullet Train Explosion, also known as Shinkansen Daibakuha, is a Japanese action thriller movie directed by Shinji Higuchi. The movie premiered on Netflix on April 23, 2025, and is a legacy sequel ...

This month’s picks include a deadly train, a Blaxploitation-coded revenge tale, a serial killer seeking justice, and more.

Directed by veteran filmmaker Shinji Higuchi and starring singer-actor Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Bullet Train Explosion is the latest lively, highly-charged tentpole title on Netflix‘s Japanese slate.