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Main Line to Terror (1975)

Original title: 動脈列島

1975-11-06 · 2h 1m · JA
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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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Yasuzō MasumuraDirector

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Masaomi KondoMasaomi KondoJirō TamiyaJirō TamiyaTakigawaKeiko TakahashiKeiko TakahashiTomokoMeiko KajiMeiko KajiFumikoHisashi IgawaHisashi IgawaAsao KoikeAsao KoikeFumio WatanabeFumio WatanabeMeika SeriMeika SeriTaisuke FujimuraTaisuke FujimuraToru MinegishiToru MinegishiIsao HashimotoIsao HashimotoShigeru KōyamaShigeru Kōyama

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Based on novel or bookSubwayTrain

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Genre affinityThriller · DramaTheme affinityBased On Novel Or Book · Subway · TrainDialogue densityDramaDirector preference363717Actor preference375277 · 329438 · 339108Country preferenceJp

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What is Main Line to Terror about?

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.

How long is Main Line to Terror?

Main Line to Terror has a runtime of 121 minutes.