The relationship between "Shinkansen Explosion" and "Life and Death Speed"

Many people may not know that Shinkansen Explosion is the world's first commercial entertainment film that "explodes when a train slows down a certain speed." However, due to poor publicity, the film did not receive much attention in Japan at that time. However, "Shinkansen Explosion" was released simultaneously with Japan in the United States and Europe, and a "Shinkansen whirlwind" blew up throughout Europe. The French translated "Shinkansen Explosion" into a French dubbed version (abridged for 50 minutes), which became a huge hit, with millions of viewers in France. At that time, the response was strong in Europe: many French audiences saw the development of high-speed trains in Japan, and the call for "we must also have high-speed trains, otherwise it will be a national shame" appeared. It has contributed to the implementation of France's domestic high-speed train plan (TGV). In addition, the european film industry that was hit quickly launched a co-production "Cassandra Bridge" in the second year of the release of "New". Later, Japan's Toei Company held the French version of "Shinkansen Explosion" "Huiguo Screening".

However, in fact, it was Akira Kurosawa who created the idea of "when the train is slowed down at a certain speed" in 1966 when writing the script for "Violent Train", which many people do not know. According to Junya Sato, the director of "Shinkansen Explosion", Akira Kurosawa himself had already negotiated with Junya Sato at that time, with Junya Sato as the director of Group B and Akira Kurosawa himself as the general director. Unfortunately, Akira Kurosawa's negotiations with U.S. investors broke down. The plan was ultimately aborted. Shinkansen Blast became the first film to spread the idea of "when a train slows down a certain speed, it explodes" to Europe and the United States. The script was later adapted to the screen in 1985 by the American-settled Russian director Andrei Kocharovsky.

"Shinkansen Explosion" was an unprecedented success after its release in the United States, receiving six nominations for the American Oscars that year. Box office hit. Grehan's mother, the screenwriter of "Life and Death Speed", Eust publicly stated that before writing "Life and Death Speed", he personally read the original script written by Akira Kurosawa for "Violent Train" and "made the necessary reference".