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Bullet Train Explosion gets a new trailer and poster ahead of Netflix premiere

April 10, 2025 by Amie Cranswick

Ahead of its arrival on Netflix in just two weeks, a new poster and trailer have been released for director Shinji Higuchi’s upcoming action thriller Bullet Train Explosion. Based on Junya Sato’s 1975 film The Bullet Train, it centres on the passengers and railway workers of a Tokyo-bound train after the authorities find themselves in […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Bullet Train Explosion, Daisuke Kuroda, Hana Toyoshima, Jun Kaname, Kanata Hosoda, Machiko Ono, Matsuya Onoe, Naomasa Musaka, netflix, Non, Pierre Taki, Satoru Matsuo, Shinji Higuchi, Suzuka Ohgo, Takumi Saitoh, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Yajuro Bando

Action-thriller Bullet Train Explosion gets a trailer from Netflix

March 6, 2025 by Amie Cranswick

Netflix has shared a poster and trailer for Bullet Train Explosion, director Shinji Higuchi’s (Shin Godzilla) reimagining of Junya Sato’s 1975 Japanese action thriller The Bullet Train. The film sees the authority race to save the lives of the passengers and staff aboard a Tokyo-bound bullet train after the Shinkansen General Operation Control Center receive […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Bullet Train Explosion, Daisuke Kuroda, Hana Toyoshima, Jun Kaname, Kanata Hosoda, Machiko Ono, Matsuya Onoe, Naomasa Musaka, Non, Nrtflix, Pierre Taki, Satoru Matsuo, Shinji Higuchi, Suzuka Ohgo, Takumi Saitoh, The Bullet Train, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Yajuro Bando

Shin Ultraman movie gets a poster and trailers

April 21, 2022 by Amie Cranswick

Pop culture icon Ultraman returns this year courtesy of Toho Pictures and Tsuburaya Productions, and we now have a poster and a couple of trailers for Shin Godzilla directors Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi’s big screen reimagining Shin Ultraman, which you can find right here… “An alien is out for justice and pursues a rogue criminal […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Hideaki Anno, shin ultraman, Shinji Higuchi, ultraman

Second Opinion – Shin Godzilla (2016)

October 21, 2016 by Thomas O'Connor

Shin Godzilla, 2016. Directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi Starring Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara, Ren Ohsugi, Akira Emoto. SYNOPSIS: A young government official is plunged into an unexpected leadership role when a giant monster makes land in Japan, plunging the country into chaos as the government scrambles to contain the situation. It’s happened […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Thomas O'Connor Tagged With: Akira Emoto, Hideaki Anno, Hiroki Hasegawa, Ren Ohsugi, Satomi Ishihara, Shin Godzilla, Shinji Higuchi, Yutaka Takenouchi

Movie Review – Shin Godzilla (2016)

October 11, 2016 by Luke Owen

Shin Godzilla, 2016 Directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi Starring Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara, Ren Ohsugi, Akira Emoto, Kengo Kôra, Mikako Ichikawa, Jun Kunimura, Pierre Taki, Kyûsaku Shimada, Ken Mitsuishi SYNOPSIS: Japan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster. Having been dormant in his native Japan since 2004’s Godzilla: Final […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Akira Emoto, Godzilla Resurgence, Hideaki Anno, Hiroki Hasegawa, Jun Kunimura, Ken Mitsuishi, Kengo Kora, Kyûsaku Shimada, Mikako Ichikawa, Pierre Taki, Ren Ohsugi, Satomi Ishihara, Shin Godzilla, Shin Gojira, Shinji Higuchi, Yutaka Takenouchi

Godzilla 2016 director promises his King of the Monsters will be the most terrifying yet

August 7, 2015 by Luke Owen

With Gareth Edwards’ American reboot of Godzilla pulling in $528 million worldwide, the production company behind the original series announced they were developing their first Godzilla movie since 2004’s Godzilla: Final Wars. Production starts next month, and its director Shinji Higuchi (Attack on Titan) is promising the most terrifying version of the King of the Monsters yet. […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Godzilla, Godzilla 2016, Shinji Higuchi

Directors for Godzilla 2016 announced

April 1, 2015 by Luke Owen

It was surprising news to most people when Toho announced that they will be producing their first home-grown Godzilla movie in over a decade, following the success of the US-produced Gareth Edwards movie. And now we have our directors. Not only that, but we also have the first official image: Toho have announced that Hideaki Anno […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Godzilla, Godzilla 2016, Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi, toho

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