Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shinkansen. In the leading role, Frankie Sakai plays a straightforward but indecisive hero. The passengers also include the bubbly Dan Reiko, and Ozawa Eitaro as a dour company president. Based on the novel "Seven and a half hours", by Shishi Bunroku.
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Frankie Sakai
Known for
Shōgun
Mothra
Reiko Dan
Known for
Sanjuro
Red Beard
Yumi Shirakawa
Known for
Rodan
The Mysterians
Eitarō Ozawa
Known for
Ugetsu
The Return of Godzilla
Sonomi Nakajima
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Mole's Adventure
Obon, The Moll Dipper
Sadako Sawamura
Known for
Good Morning
Street of Shame
Yūsuke Takita
Known for
Double Suicide
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Known for
Throne of Blood
Yojimbo
Shin Morikawa
Known for
Cruel Story of Youth
Yutaka Nakayama
Known for
All Monsters Attack
Yearning
Kuniharu Adachi
Also in
Shadow of a Flower
Fifty-Fifty
Choji Oka
Also in
Street of Ronin
Sazae-san
Yūzō Kawashima Director · Ryōzō Kasahara Screenplay Bunroku Shishi Story
First release April 4, 1961 · Produced in Japan · Original title 特急にっぽん
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TOHO
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Japan
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Original title
特急にっぽん
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 4, 1961
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No release date listed for United States.
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