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Main Line to Terror
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Main Line to Terror

1975-09-06 · 121 min · ★ 6.2

Drama · Thriller

Akiyama is an intern, disgusted with the noise pollution caused by the bullet trains and the heart attacks that noise has been causing in older hospital patients, plots to disrupt and, in ten days, destroy a unit of the operation. He warns the Japan National Railway, that, if nothing is done to reduce the noise, he will derail a bullet train. Takigawa is the police detective sent to stop him.

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Directors
Yasuzō Masumura
Production companies
Tokyo Eiga
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Masaomi KondoMasaomi Kondo
Jirō TamiyaJirō TamiyaTakigawa
Keiko TakahashiKeiko TakahashiTomoko
Meiko KajiMeiko KajiFumiko
Hisashi IgawaHisashi Igawa
Asao KoikeAsao Koike
Fumio WatanabeFumio Watanabe
Meika SeriMeika Seri
Taisuke Fujimura
Toru MinegishiToru Minegishi
Isao HashimotoIsao Hashimoto
Shigeru KōyamaShigeru Kōyama
Yōsuke KondōYōsuke Kondō
Yoshi KatōYoshi Katō
Eitarō OzawaEitarō Ozawa
So YamamuraSo Yamamura
Akihiko HirataAkihiko Hirata
Kazuo KatōKazuo Katō
Hiroya Morita
Nobuyuki KatsubeNobuyuki Katsube

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