Bullet Train

Starring:Ken Takakura, Sonny Chiba, Kei Yamamoto, Eiji Go, Akira Oda, Raita Ryu, Masayo Utsunomiya, Yumiko Fujita, Yumi Takigawa, Etsuko Shihomi, Ken Utsui, Tetsuro Tamba, Kinya Kitaoji, Tamio Kawaji, Kunie Tanaka, Takashi Shimura, Fumio Watanabe
Director: Junya Sato
Studio: Crash Cinema Media
Product Type: DVD

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The full-length version of Virus
Meh..

Sonny Chiba Action Pack: Virus/Golgo 13/Bullet Train
Starring: Sonny Chiba
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ASIN: B000GETUBK
Release Date: 2006-08-22

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The full-length version of Virus.......2006-10-12

Yes, the version of 'Virus' on disc 1 of this 3-disc set IS the full-length Japanese version, presented in an excellent widescreen print. The picture quality is WAY better than any previous DVD release - although that's not difficult when previous editions have looked more like worn-out rental VHS tapes than professional DVD releases! :)

The Japanese-language scenes have removable English subtitles and, as with most director's cuts, the story feels far more complete in this long version. Those who are familiar with the shorter, strictly chronological 'international' cut may be quite surprised when this version opens with the submarine approaching dead Tokyo ... before flashing back several years to explain how the entire world came to be a graveyard. The long version of 'Virus' is a quite different, ultimately much more powerful cut of a film you may think you already know.

If, like me, you were seeking the full-length 155 minute version of 'Virus' then look no further - here it is.

Hey, as a bonus, you get two other films too!
'Golgo 13' is the 1977 Japanese film 'Golgo 13 : Kowloon Assignment' and is presented in 2.35:1 with a choice of either the original Japanese soundtrack plus English subtitles ... or a so-bad-it's-almost-funny dubbed English soundtrack.

'Bullet Train' (1975) is, as many people have pointed out, blatantly where 'Speed' (1994) stole its plot from. It's in 2.35:1 and is the US theatrical version with a run-time of 115 minutes. Your only audio option is English-dubbed, but luckily the dub-job is far better than on 'Golgo 13' - in fact, even dubbed into a foreign language, the Japanese actors manage to be less wooden than Keanu Reeves was in the unofficial remake. The original Japanese cut of 'Bullet Train' ran for 152 minutes but, in contrast to 'Virus', the concensus of opinion seems to be that the shorter run-time here is merciful rather than regrettable.

Meh.........2006-09-14

Three flicks, and one with Sonny Chiba in the main role. Golgo 13 (the aforementioned main role) was rockin' and worth a watch. In Virus Chiba is in a supporting role but surprisingly the movie overall isn't that bad. The worst of the bunch was Bullet Train, in which he goes from supporting role to a token role, and I didn't care for it at all. If you're a real Chiba fan and already own Golgo 13 I'd not mess with this unless you're the type of person who must have a complete collection of each and every single title in which Chiba had a role.

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If you have seen the movie Speed, then check out where it came from
It excited me when I was a kid

Bullet Train
Starring: Ken Takakura , Sonny Chiba , Kei Yamamoto , Eiji Go , and Akira Oda
Director: Junya Sato
Manufacturer: Crash Cinema Media
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If you have seen the movie Speed, then check out where it came from.......2006-08-26

I bought this in the kill Chiba 3-pack and while there is NO martial arts in this. It is a very good movie. Sonny Chiba is the train conductor and only has about 5 minutes in the movie btu a great thing to watch is the villian. You may recognoze him as the partner of Michael Douglas in Ridley Scott's Black Rain. He really brings a realism to the character. So literally no action in this movie except for a couple gun shots, but this thing has a very tight plot and will keep you in it all the way.

Crash cinema version has watchable picture quality and is widescreened with acceptable English dubbing.

It excited me when I was a kid.......2005-08-03

I saw this movie about 25 years ago.
I was just a kid, but my memory of this movie is very good and exciting.
When I was watching the movie, the cinema projector in the movie theater burned out. So I only saw half of the film.
I want to see it again, in its entirety.
There is a lot of action and suspense in it.
The american movie "Speed" is based on this Japanese original.

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