Bullet Train Explosion
is a 2025 Japanese action thriller film directed by Shinji Higuchi and starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kanata Hosoda, Non, Takumi Saitoh, Machiko Ono, Jun Kaname and Hana Toyoshima. A sequel to the 1975 film The Bullet Train, the film premiered on Netflix on 23 April 2025.
Plot
''Hayabusa'' 60 (5060B) is an E5 Series Shinkansen bound from Shin-Aomori to Tokyo, under the supervision of first-line manager Kazuya Takaichi. Shortly after the train's departure, an anonymous caller contacts the JR East headquarters in Tokyo, saying they have planted a bomb on the train that will explode if it slows down below 100 km/h. After the bomber proves their claim with the destruction of freight train 2074 at Aomori-Higashi, JR East orders all trains on the Tōhoku Shinkansen stopped to clear a path for Hayabusa 60, whose driver Chika Matsumoto is ordered to pass through all stations and stay above 120 km/h, while keeping the bomb a secret to the passengers.