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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Japanese filmmaker Shinji Higuchi finds beauty in bullet trains specifically so he can destroy them on screen, a creative paradox that defines his latest film, Netflix‘s “Bullet Train ...

LOS ANGELES, April 23 (UPI) --Bullet Train Explosion, on Netflix Wednesday, captures the thrill of a diverse ensemble of characters working together, and sometimes against each other, in a crisis.

Bullet Train Explosion is notable for the production getting official backing from Japanese railway operator East Japan Railway Company, a rarity as the organisation is loath to sanction ...

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 ...