Filmmaker Shinji Higuchi reveals the inspirations behind the train drama that reached No. 2 in the streamer's global non-English films list.

The biggest stretch in Shinji Higuchi’s follow-up to the 1975 Japanese film “The Bullet Train” is that a bureaucracy comes together effectively to try and alleviate a disaster. Following an ...

Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Bullet Train Explosion! Netflix's Bullet Train Explosion has finally arrived, and here is what happens at the end of the exciting film, including if they actually ...

While it's easy to assume that Bullet Train Explosion is a continuation of the 2022 Brad Pitt action thriller Bullet Train, it's more related to the obscure 1975 Sonny Chiba film, The Bullet Train.

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 ...

Bullet Train Explosion is an action thriller film directed by Shinji Higuchi and produced by Kota Ishizuka. It is a modern remake of the 1975 classic The Bullet Train and is slated to release on ...

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 ...

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.

This week on It’s All Right There In The Title Theater is Bullet Train Explosion (now on Netflix), which seems poised to get a lot of international eyeballs on a rechewed premise. It’s a ...

It’s tempting to describe Bullet Train Explosion as a spiritual successor to Speed, but the truth is that Speed itself was the copycat. Twenty years before Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock got ...

Netflix Japan is making a bold statement with its upcoming release “Bullet Train Explosion,” a reboot of the 1975 classic “Bullet Train.” The film, which premieres April 23, marks a ...

In that regard, “Bullet Train Explosion” meets a believability threshold that feels virtually unparalleled. Like his previous film “Shin Godzilla,” director Shinji Higuchi’s follow-up to ...